Hello to all, so my mom just e-mailed us out the link to catch up on the family happenings and see the cute picture of Niki’s home office—how great! I knew about the blog and read it some while I was living at home in January but this is my first post. I got inspired by reading all of the health news and thought as a soon-to-be health care professional I should add my two-cents.
I enjoyed catching up through the archives and boy I wish I had remembered this while I was on my vacation block—five weeks off in February with not much to do, I could have made some posts! Oh well, better late than never.
MJ- I am glad to hear that Paul’s growth was contained and easily removed (relatively speaking) leaving clean lymph nodes—that’s great news and what a wonderful idea your friend had to write down what the doctor said right after surgery! I know that can be a hectic time and you had a very insightful/organized friend to think ahead like that (I’m sure Paul has appreciated the details now that he is less groggy).
Suki-I love the picture of the Eiffel tower—it really does look a lot like the real thing, especially from that view. I hope you had a fun time in Vegas, I really would like to go sometime and will be sure to consult you first for the places to see!
I am glad to hear that most of you watched the Olympics, now I know the obsession must be hereditary. I heard the ratings were down, but I’m not sure how that was possible when my mom DVR’d every moment of it on every channel and I watched intently as Sasha Cohen managed to squeak by with silver even with 2 falls!
Speaking of television, did anyone watch the Oscars last night? I did and thought it was great that March of the Penguins won for best documentary. As tribute, I have included a picture of one of the yellow-eyed penguins I saw on my trip to New Zealand this past August, boy are they cute!!
Now for my two-cents as health care professional. Everyone get your colonoscopies—as mentioned previously the worst part is the prep and even that’s getting better with new regimens (such as only half the amount of liquid). And…get those bones tested, even I’ve had a bone scan and it’s really sort of fun but that may just be for me because I’m a pharmacy nerd. Nancy, what type of medication did they put you on for the test do you know? Is it similar to Fosomax/ Actonel/ Boniva which are on the market now or is it totally different?
That’s all for now, again, keep up the fun posts, it makes for good reading! I have to go to bed early now so I can wake up and be at the hospital for making IVs at 7am tomorrow (no makeup allowed and scrubs required so that makes the early morning wakeup a little easier). It’s all part of my training to become a pharmacist, even though I plan on working in the community following graduation.
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