Pulmo visit tomorrow

[Guest guest]

Tomorrow is one of those days I dread. First comes the PFT's and

each time I go it seems they do more and more extensive testing

there. Everytime a different person administers it for the first

time they have to use their 7 try rule. You have to try 7 times to

duplicate each test and only after 7 tries will they move on to the

next. Each time they tell me the same thing, consecutive test is

worse than the one before. I tell them that is how it has been this

entire time but they still go by the 7 try rule. After they have

done the entire PFT's to me one time they know that is how I am and

don't use the 7 try rule. This is good since they are now up to

something like 8 different things they test for.

And when they have me sufficiently worn down from that they say ok

lets go do the 6 min walk. Yeah, just can't wait for that one. I am

waiting for the time I land on the floor with such anticipation. I

really want to see if they pick you up and reset their clock.

Pulmonary lab torture chanber all the same to me.

Then I get to see my doctor. He took a walk with me once and told me

if he went thru what I do to walk he would not be walking much. I

asked him if that meant he was hanging a toe tag on me because that

was the only thing that might stop me from trying to go on living.

Maybe - but I am still working on puter service to graves and until

that is worked out he might as well not consider me gone.

I went to the mall for the first time in 6 years and window shopped

the entire mall. It was wonderful especially at this time of the

year with the little ones all dressed up waiting for their turn to

see santa. My scooter really has given me a new lease on life. By

the way, my doctor's remark about not trying to shop if he were in my

shoes was the push to get me to get the scooter. Jean