More reason to hope

Yesterday, one of Bryan's doctors, Dr. Oka, gave us some reasons to be hopeful... he and his other doctor have localized the problem they think (his back) and they are narrowing the cause(s). Even though what they think the problem is isn't exactly good news, I am just happy. I have said lately, that even if it was not good news, I just want them to figure it out to give Bryan some validation, and maybe an opportunity to better manage his problem so he can avoid some of these symptoms. I guess this is heaven's way of seeing if I meant that :)

Bryan is not ready to fully allow himself to hope they have figured it out yet, but I can tell it gave him a huge boost to know that not only does Dr. Oka believe him about his pain and other problems, he genuinely cares and wants to get to the bottom of things, as does Dr. Sadler. He will go in for a bone scan tomorrow at the hospital, and then next week sometime we should know for sure, so we'll keep you posted.

The results are in....

You would think in the age of modern medicine that we live in that when someone is in crippling pain something would show up. Nope :) Time to invest in a 2nd heating pad and buy stock in Advil.

I found out today that our appraisal came in right where we needed it to. The good news is it came in right where we needed it to. The in-between good news is that we don't really have a buffer to leave the basement or bedrooms unfinished like we were hoping to save money, but hey, we'll have a whole house :)

Bryan's tests are all done, so we are now just waiting.

That's all folks....

A Little Apprehension, Anticipation, and Anxiety...

Tomorrow Bryan gets to go to LDS Hospital to get CT scans, x-rays, ultrasounds and who knows what else to try and pinpoint exactly what is causing all of his pain. The doctor is now thinking it has something to do with his spinal cord, or his gallbladder (funny combination!). I am anxious about it, just because I really want to believe that they are going to figure it out, and that it will be an easy fix. However, my gut tells me they either won't know (again) or it will end up being something (like his back) that they can't do anything about. Either way, we won't know anything until the end of the week when he meets with this doctor.

Ode to doctors

Roses are red...
Violets are blue.
When you have an owie,
What do you do?
Why go to the doctor,
Cuz they know their stuff.
They do lots of tests
That sometimes are rough.
The visit with Doc
Takes a minute or two...
Not all of your symptoms
Can he even get through.
Then he gives you more pills
Tells you your pain to ignore
Then makes one more appointment
Just to be sure.
I wish that instead of this annoying arrangment
You could transfer your pain to him just for the visit.
Then he'd know what organ was exploding within you
For he'd feel it with piercing exactness and ferver.
It would be super because follow up visits
I'm guessing would be in a matter of minutes!

(PS...for those of my friends who are in this profession, I still love ya! :))

So let it begin...

Today Bryan gets to go to the doctor!!!! Now I'm sure you are thinking, "is that a good thing?" Well let me tell you what, for me, YES (I doubt Bryan is as enthusiastic as I am). For the past 3+ years he has been having some problems, but lately it has been especially bad and painful. He has been so good to just try and work through it, pretending like he feels fine, but it's getting pretty hard to do anymore. He really surprised me by going to scout camp this last week...he's way tougher than I am...that's for sure. So in 1 hour, the journey of him feeling better begins. Yea!