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Today we started the three day evaluation at Boston Medical – I am really impressed at how organized and friendly everyone is there. We signed in and were given a folder with George’s schedule (who to see when, where and for what). All kinds of information about what to expect over the next few days was also included.
The first stop was the blood lab – the perfect Halloween location! You know that a lot of blood is needed when they come over with a tray of vials. Then another exam (over the three days, we will see seven different doctors), vitals, an imaging test and then the bone marrow biopsy. That was the worst of the day – George was given a little something to take the edge off before the test (and where was my dose??). The doctor doing the biopsy let me stay with George – they withdrew some bone marrow (which looks like thick blood) and a bone chip. Results should be back by the end of the week.
Tomorrow we meet with three more doctors (a hematologist and an oncologist and some other ologist) and should be getting the results of last week’s fat cell biopsy. The day ends with an Amyloid Social – a coffee and cake way to say hello. My guess is that we’ll be skipping that!
There are so many new words in my vocabulary! If you want more words too – there is a Boston Medical website – www.amyloid.bu.edu/amyloid/amyloid1.htm
Thank you all for your continued support and kindness as my family goes through this – more tomorrow
radiate harmony 