Just wanted to get that out there first regarding Jimmy. He had his PET scan yesterday and then his doctor's appointment (although we didn't see the doctor but the nurse practitioner) and while there was a bit of a hiccup, tentatively, all signs are pointing to his lesions shrinking and no spreading. I say tentatively because of course when we got in the room with the NP, she told us that the scan didn't get compared to his previous scan. Annoying. I had them print out the scan and could see right away that there was shrinkage (previous scan read lesions in centimeters and this one was reading in millimeters) and then the NP called Jimmy last night and confirmed what I had seen.
So all that's good and it means that these new meds (which knock on wood aren't causing him grief) are working. He's still on 3/4 of a dose but they plan on upping those, I think. But who knows now that they're seeing that the dose he's on is doing its job. Jim goes back to the doc in 2 weeks and will get to meet with the doctor. I would imagine then, he'll up the meds again but we'll see. I won't go to that appointment unless something untoward happens from now until then.
In other news, the rest of my day yesterday was spent reading my book and hanging with the pups. Jim pretty much snoozed in the recliner all day until he had to leave for work. I did some extra ab and arm work but I'm seriously missing my elliptical. I just don't get the cardio I want and it's making me nuts. I know I have a problem but what can I do? Today I'll workout on my recumbent and hope that that keeps me sated.
If you're wondering if I watched the SOTU last night the answer would be, "Uh, NO!" First of all, why would I subject myself to being lied to and that's WAY past my bedtime. Though in all fairness, I was up until 9:00 reading my book...it's so good! It's the sequel to the book I mentioned a month or so ago (Art of Hearing Heartbeats). It's called A Well-Tempered Heart. It's hard to put down!
Well, that's all I've got. Time to get a move on. Since I was absent yesterday, I have a ton of grading to do. Happy Wednesday...we're halfway there. Later!
P.S. "Hiccup" came up as a misspelled word but then gave no suggestions. Is it spelled wrong?! WFT?
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