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Happy Birthday to Me! ♪

Yes, it is my birthday, and I am always extremely excited every year to celebrate this wonderful day.  Some people are quiet about their birthday, not mentioning it to anyone, hoping no one will bring the extra attention to them.  I on the other hand am happy to alive and I want to celebrate the day that I was born! Yippee!  I am feeling good today, and darn it all, I am planning on taking advantage of that!

I started my day with a box of chocolate, and then proceeded to open up my groceries that were delivered this morning, and had a fresh Maple Pumpkin Cheesecake all to myself. Yes, I am a little bit of a piggie today, but I deserve it.

Off I go now to White Rock, on this lovely sunny day, to do a little shopping and have lunch with my Mom.

Ciao!

~Deanna the Birthday Girl

For the past 4 months, I have been waiting for my appointment for an MRI at the Peace Arch Hospital.  From talking to numerous people over the past few months, I have realized that 4 months is not really that long to be waiting for a scan of my head.  Several patients I know have been waiting for 6 – 8 months or longer for their MRI at St. Paul’s or Surrey Memorial.  Now, for anyone who has been waiting for a MRI, CAT scan or other procedure that will help figure out what is wrong with them, the waiting game is absolutely frustrating.

I know that the hospitals and MRI machines are overloaded with people on wait lists, and that emergency scans take precedence (as they should), but after waiting this long, I am actually excited about going in for my MRI. Yes, I am looking forward to being shoved into a large claustrophobic machine and listening to a noisy racket while magnetic fields penetrate my skull.

After my 4 month wait, and fingers crossed that everything is okay, I am going for my MRI tomorrow morning. Hooray!