MRI

My mom had an MRI before she had her knee surgery. She tried the enclosed one and came right back out, discovering a tremendous fear of small enclosed spaces, and had to re-schedule for an open one (which was actually cheaper, go figure). I checked out the website of the place I'm going, and it has a happy little picture of a kid in an open MRI reaching out and holding mommy's hand. Me thinks it's marketing.

I honestly don't know how I will react to lying on a plank, having my head strapped down, and being shoved into a little tube.

.......

On this side of the event, it's not that bad.

Observations:

1. I was right, it was a closed MRI. Bastards.

2. I understand the "no metal" aspect, although the possibility of ferrous in tattoo ink surprised me, not that it was a real concern for me. Still, you're going to scan my head, I'm already nervous as hell, is stripping down to a hospital gown really necessary?

3. MRIs are N O I S Y!!! OMG! The attendant said it would be, and I had my ear-encompassing headphones on with classical music piped in, but still... I swear I thought the building was on fire at one point when the tempo, pitch, and rhythm of the sounds were like an emergency klaxon. That was the toughest part, I was about ready to start moving when it switched to a different set of sounds.

4. If I never play it again, I am thankful to having at least gotten through the intro exercises in the Wild Divine. Don't know what my blood pressure was actually like, but I did practice the Peaceful Breath (breath in to count of 7, breath out to count of 7) the whole time I was in there. 20 minutes in, out for the dye injection, in for another 10 minutes.

5. The whole room was painted and decorated in a tropical theme, but the grass skirt along the edge of the MRI was the best part.

6. I still have itty bitty veins way below the surface of the skin. Took 2 guys and 2 attempts, but at least they didn't have to go in through the back of my hand.

7. The was a wedge that tightened against the outside of the headphones, but no strap across the head. Then he placed a plastic framework over my haed, about 4 inches off my face, that held the camera. As the plank started moving, I closed my eyes, so I really have no idea what it looks like in there. I think the framework helped, since I knew nothing was going to get any closer than that. And the whole closed eyes thing, that was probably a good idea as well.


They said it takes 2 days to process the test. If I get a phone call, it's bad. If I get a card in the mail, it's good. If I don't hear anything in a week, call the doc because the test got lost (?!).

Here's hoping I get a card.

NEW DRUGS

So, after having a headache every day last week and the previous meds not working, I went and saw my doctor again today. He gave me new drugs, and said I needed to call to schedule an MRI.

We had rain and stormy weather all last week, and I still think that has something to do with my headaches, but the MRI is a CYA to make sure there's nothing noticeably wrong up there.

Tried the new drug this afternoon and whoa ... strong stuff. Not sure if I prefer it messing me up for 2.5 hours or the headache for 6+ hours...

BIOPERFORMANCE

Still working towards financial freedom, and as another step in that direction, I'm going to save money on gas.

I drive a 1998 2-door Chevy Blazer and I love my car. It is not, however, the most fuel efficient auto out there (Tonbo's Jeep Wrangler is worse, and my parents' Prius is much better). I have been using a fuel additive, that helped a bit, but a friend told be about BioPerformance, and it looks like it will help a lot more.

I've sign up as one of their Independence Business Owners (IBO - oh, that looks like a familiar term ^_-) and you can check out my company-templated, looks like every other dealer out there website at http://www.kestrel.mybpbiz.com

This will be my 3rd venture into network marketing, and like the previous ones I've chosen, if nothing else, I'll have access to a great product. Gas prices are at around $2.12 for me, so that's still a chunk of money every month, especially given how far I drive to work 2x/day, 20-25 days/month, not including any driving on the weekends, of which there is a bit.

I'll post some numbers of gas mileage once I get the product in hand.

Keep flying ...



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KALEIDO STAR - NEW WINGS

Started watching the second season of Kaleido Star - Kaleido Star: New Wings. The first 2 eps are re-cap, so if you haven't seen the first season, you'll get all the major info right away.

Fun OP and END music again, and there are 2 new characters on the stage: May and Leon. Interesting conflicts getting set up, with Sora at the center of it all. So far, and nice continuation of the original Kaleido Star anime.

And while the Amazon description says the end is a foregone conclusion (which I'm not really sure it is, since only the first 1 pro-DVD is out right now) - it's still a worth-while ride.

FAN DAY

Fan Done & Shiny Shirts had a great time at Fan Day. It was cool to see how many more people were aware of Firefly / Serenity than last year. The initial table space was a bit cramped, especially since a lot of creative Browncoats had taken me up on my offer to hawk their wares at our table. We lucked out and got the table next to us as well, so all was goodness.

Anthony Daniels was the guest, and Greg was most awesome to stand in line to get C3PO's auto on Holt's pic for me because I was still pretty sick that day. Been sick all week and was on the mend, but being extroverted uses up a lot of energy for me, so I sat down a lot in the afternoon. -_-;

You can check out pics of our shiny table and goods here.