radioactive girl as played by lil'scar face.

so a recent follow-up with my oncologist earned me a trip to hospital for a slew of tests. some due to my recent GI problems. and one due to new breast cancer screening guidelines. i started my day with a breakfast of a radioactive contrast iv. then a long and loud not-so-relaxing nap on the breast mri table for some scans. next i headed down the hall for an ultrasound of my gallbladder. i got to hear my liver (or at least a blood vessel in my liver). it sounded just like a heartbeat running through a distortion pedal and a phaser. never knew my liver sounded so cool. next i got to sit in the ct scan prep room. for 2 hours i got to drink some really nasty flavored lemonade and watch daytime tv. then for lunch i received another radioactive injection. and took a power nap on the ct scan table. finally i finished the day off with some good old fashioned xrays. when i left the hospital, i swear i glowed in the dark.

good news is, i survived last week's colonoscopy. and pathology of polyp came back completely benign. big sigh of relief.

not so good news. my mri showed some suspicious spots. i need to go back to hospital for an ultrasound for comparison. i know that a mri can often show false positives. so i'm trying not to worry. but that is easier said than done. thankfully i am equipped with plenty of bubble bath, xanax, and red wine.

i will leave you with a picture from a recent trip to my in-laws. a new batch of pups were born. we have no idea who the father was, but he obviously wasn't a beagle. i'm afraid the mother has a bit of a reputation. none the less, the pups are inherently cute and naturally photogenic.

a hot brief update.

my blog has been pretty neglected. st louis has been in a heat warning advisory for the past week. i don't know what i did in a past life. but karma struck again and killed our upstairs air conditioning. we think it's the condenser. who knows? so we've been camping out in the living room downstairs. having a slumber party with all the animals. meanwhile the poor computer is left by its lonesome to sweat it out upstairs until further notice.

since it's hotter than hell up here. i'm gonna make this brief.

we've put a contract on a 1930s farm house complete with 7 fenced acres of pasture, a pool and two big ol' barns. hopefully we will know monday if our bid is accepted.

i've been getting used to my scar (see updated pic).

we are finishing mixing on the new wormwood scrubs album "warrovish". some songs have already been posted on our myspace page.

and the bestest news of all, i get to have my very first colonoscopy this week thanks to some GI bleeding.

- larissa