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November 14, 2007

Bronchoscopy II

So I had the bronchoscopy this morning. The good news is that the doctor (handsome young fella, works in the same office as the fellow I saw last week) didn't see any evidence of a tumour so didn't have to do a biopsy. He washed the lung with a saline solution and he's sending samples to the lab for further testing. He said it probably is pneumonia or methotrexate related but they won't know for a bit. I also have to have an MRI and an ultrasound.

The bad news (well, annoying anyway) is that they said I'd probably feel like crap after the procedure. They were right. I'm coughing quite a bit, I have a temperature of 102 and I can't stop going pee. Apparently this is because your body sees the saline solution as a foreign substance and goes into high gear to get rid of it. At least that's what I understood, I was awake but sedated during the procedure. It shouldn't last more than 24 hours. I did get to watch the camera going down on the video screen (very cool).

Everyone should have one of these.

Posted by OldGuy at 3:48 PM | Comments (3)

Bronchoscopy

The respirologist will be away next Monday so the bronchoscopy got rescheduled. It's tomorrow. I mean today. It's in 7-8 hours. I'll get the results on the 22nd.

On a happier note I've discovered the awesome power of the liquify filter in Photoshop (I'd only ever just tinkered with it). Today I turned myself into a vampire and the princess and the lad into elves. I didn't save my creations as they were first efforts however the princess saw hers and now wants me to tun her into an elf for Christmas. Complete with an elf outfit.

Oh yeah, I'll fix the front page this week.

Posted by OldGuy at 1:43 AM | Comments (1)

November 11, 2007

I'm Working on It

I broke my blog about a month ago and only noticed it today because I haven't blogged for that long. When I tried to create an entry earlier today I got an error message and it refused to publish anything. I managed to fix it but the first page is back to the default style again, and the blog roll is gone. Oh well, at least I can still publish.

Now I have to figure out how to get my old style back.

Posted by OldGuy at 8:47 PM | Comments (1)

Still Amongst the Living

Geez, I can hardly believe it's been a month since I was last here. Sorry I dropped out of sight but I just haven't felt like coming around.

Thanks to everyone who came by and wished me well. I'll be dropping in on most of you this week.

I'm still at home and will be for a while yet as I'm still having trouble with my right lung. I'm constantly short of breath and I tire very easily, amongst other things. Four x-rays in a month have been virtually unchanged despite two (or is it three, I can't remember) courses of antibiotics. I've now seen a lung specialist and he's scheduled a bronchoscopy for Nov. 19th, with results to follow on the 28th. I asked him at my last visit to make an educated guess as to what's going on and he said he suspects one of two things, either a rheumatoid arthritis related lung infection that hasn't responded to the usual antibiotics or early signs of lung cancer. Needless to say I'm rooting for the former.

Anyway, I rest a lot, watch a lot of television, and once in a while I play with Photoshop just to keep my mind occupied. Here are a couple of things I've done in the last month. No, the lad didn't win the car but I told him I'd make it look like he did. As for the princess I took her picture one night for a school project. A few days later I decided to "glamourize" her.

Before

After

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