Ha Ha

The only hope we have of surviving things we wish we didn't have to deal with at all, is to be able to find humour in them.

I require another 24 hour urine collection. I had the first collection prior to surgery while I was also in the middle of a prolonged period of diarrhea. That I hope I never have to repeat, ... and did require, keeping one's sense of humour. To execute this test, means that every drop must be caught from the second time one has to go in the morning, through the night, until the first one the following morning, and not one time can be missed.

To-day being Monday, and knowing that I cannot eat bananas, pineapple, plums or eggplant for 3 or 4 days prior to this collection, I was prepared when I picked up my bright orange, 3 litre container to get right at things in the morning, ... I had even cancelled a lunch with friends to give this my full and undivided attention. I had had none of the above, ... but, .... I had forgotten walnuts. Last night, mixed in with a small palmful of mixed nuts, there were no more than 4 walnut halves, which I ate. I now have a call in to the Oncology Clinic to see if 4 walnut halves will make a difference. This is important because, the requisition for this test says "Please do Now!".

If eating the walnuts is a real NO NO, I cannot collect until this coming Thursday at the earliest, take it in to the lab on Friday and the results are needed before my first injection on Friday.

With all the indignities that may be ahead of me, ... I'm laughing, ... Ha Ha!!