Today was the day for doctor's visits! The craziness began by having a mammogram. Nothing like having your bazooms pressed flat early on a cold winter's morn! It'll wake you up faster than a Starbuck's caramel macciato.

Now that I was good and awake, it was on to the internist. She is such a sweetheart. Well, at least I THOUGHT I was awake! When I got back into an exam room, I curled up on the examining table and fell asleep. She and dh were calling my name to wake me up. She thinks the hip pain I have been experiencing for a couple of months is bursitis in my hip, so is sending me to an orthapedic to get a corisone shot.

To kill two birds with one stone, dh and I stopped at the tea room to have lunch and finalize the menu for our oldest son's rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding on the 16th. We ate tomato bisque soup, lemon chicken quiche and sipped white mocha and double chocolate hot cocoas. YUMMMM!

The menu for the rehearsal dinner will be tomato bisque soup served with basil/cheese scones, chicken cordon bleu with murray sauce, served over wild rice, gingered vegetables (baby carrots, squash and something I'm forgetting--she says it's a touch spicey, but delish!) and for dessert, a dark chocolate mousse served in a champagne glass with chocolate dipped shortbread and garnished with strawberries. Drinks will be chilled peach tea, hot Christmas tea and flavored coffees. We are so excited and think this will be a memorable evening.

After lunch, we went to the neurologist. I was so tired and had my normal afternoon brain burn. The nurses were so kind and saw me sleeping on my coat against the wall in the waiting room. Knowing they had quite a full schedule, they took me back to a room with a flat bed and gave me a pillow, turned out the light and shut the door. I immediately went to sleep and dh said I snored pretty loudly and slept for at least 45 minutes to an hour. Dh had his ipod, so he was happy. The doctor paused and listened through the door before he came in. Then he teased me and said the people in the offices next door called and asked them to knock off the sawing in the building!!

After telling him my symptoms, he is worried that I have had another stroke and would like to order an MRI. We stopped by the cardiologist's office on the way home so they could fax over a statement saying that my amplatzer occluder is not metal and that I'm safe to have an MRI.

We barely made it to the ophthamalogist appointment following. I had another vision field study, which showed that my vision has not improved at all (which I already knew). The good news is, it isn't any worse!

If I get a decent night's sleep, I'm going to go to school with my sister in the morning, as her kids are doing a Christmas program and then she has a block of time free that we can sit and catch up. I have not seen her more than 30 minutes since I arrived because she is so busy.

In the afternoon, I have a bubble test scheduled for the afternoon, to see if the hole in my heart is closed well.