TheBanyanTree: The Timing of MRI's

[Gloria]

Yay! So happy to hear how far the walking has come!!! Funny, I count all of
my appointment treks as exercise and walking too. Which it is, but seems
odd that I would have to think about that more now.

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 4:30 PM Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yesterday, as part of my ongoing commitment to my brain, I went for another
> MRI. Why not? I've met my deductible for the year. That, and there's the
> frequent headaches.
>
> It's an adventure, so Andrew takes me because he loves adventures. We go to
> OHSU, which I'm not trusted to drive to by myself because while I have only
> mild cognitive impairment, my sense of direction has become mush. We drive
> there, walk into the building, up in an elevator, across a sky bridge, up
> in an elevator, or maybe it was down, through a long halfway, was there
> another sky bridge, stop for tram tickets in the lobby, down the hallway,
> and board the tram to take us down the hill.
>
> I count it as my exercise for the day.
>
> While on the tram I turn to Andrew and say, "I want to go to Disneyland on
> a day like today," the day being cool and clear and beautiful, with
> mountains visible in the distance.
>
> "Do they have days like today?" He asks, to which I must admit, "No, they
> don't, but I didn't say it was a perfect plan."
>
> We get to the water front and take the elevator up, where we learn we're
> quite early. So we go down and have some drinks and chips in the lobby and
> make fun of everyone.
>
> Okay, that was a lie. I only make fun of conservatives, and if they don't
> have signs, how do I know who that is?
>
> We go back up, I remove all metal from my body, and I get an MRI, with and
> without contrast. Then we retrace our steps to get back to the car.
>
> As a reward, we go to the restaurant 30 floors up for happy hour. The food
> is great, but it's really the view I want. It's just before sunset by then,
> so it's perfect timing. I try to schedule all my Portland appointments to
> take advantage of this.
>
> I don't know about the MRI, but my movement is greatly improved. I had no
> trouble with all the walking, no pain, no having to slow down to a shuffle.
> A year ago, five months ago, all of that was a big struggle. My strenuous
> schedule of sleep has had a positive effect. And exercise, which has not
> been enough because I'm busy working. But I like working.
>
> It's all good. Ready for what comes next!
>
> M
>