MRI Time

Long time no blog...

I finally had another trip into Chicago today for the MRI following my second PVE. My doctor decided to wait 4 weeks this time whereas we did the MRI last time after only 3 weeks. Hopefully I will have some news next week before taking off for Thanksgiving about today's results and a date for my surgery.

We stopped at Carson's Ribs for lunch today after the appointment. It was a late lunch but very good. I haven't been to Carson's in many years but when I first moved to Illinois I used to go pretty often with a good friend during our trips into Chicago. The ribs were very good today though it was interesting that an option for the potato dish was "potato skins". This sounded interesting as a side dish so I ordered it. I was disappointed as what I got was hollow potato skins without any cheese topping (as you normally get when you order "skins" as an appetizer). I did get some sour cream to put on top but it wasn't quite the same without the cheese.

The past 4 weeks have been pretty good. I have only had a small number of "bad" days with the liver. I think that between the 2 PVEs that I have had that the tumor is not causing the frequent discomfort that it was previously causing.

Tomorrow is another trip to the Brookfield zoo with my oldest daughter to "watch the dolphins" as part of a project for her science class. We will watch them for 2-3 hours which should be our last time there. We were there a few weeks ago as part of this project and it was interesting to watch them for long periods of time. You definitely see different personalities in the different dolphins.