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It’s been a week since the thyroid gland biopsy and I’m still awaiting results. I was told it would take 2-3 days but apparently that translates into over a week in normal time. However, today is once again Open Trackback Friday! It is your opportunity to share interesting blog entries from your blog by using this blog’s trackback feature. Many people, including myself enjoy reading a variety of material from other people’s blogs, so link your post to this one, send a trackback to it and it’ll appear in the comments section after I manually approve it. I still approve all comments & trackbacks manually due to spam bots so it won’t show up immediately, but I will get to it as soon as I can. I am still using myself as the ultimate spam filter but now have the aid of an excellent trackback filter. To obtain the trackback URL simply rightclick where it says “trackback” below and then click on “copy shortcut” to get it. That’s all there is to it! And thank you in advance for trackbacking to my blog. And while you’re here, please take some time to look at some articles I’ve posted. Maybe you’ll find something interesting. If you do, trackback to it as well.
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I am saddened to report that a decades old landmark along U.S. Highway 90 in Gulfport, Mississippi, the S.S. Hurricane Camille which was damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been demolished and the debris hauled off. According to Steve Phillips of WLOX-TV:
“We’re getting ready to move it. Tear it down. Time for it to go,” said owner Lucille Moody, as demolition crews prepared to tear down the S.S. Hurricane Camille tugboat.
Moody is bittersweet about losing the 72 foot long landmark.
Long a popular tourist attraction, in recent years the landmark deteriorated into more of an eyesore.
“It’s rusty. It’s been sitting there for 35 years. And it was built in 1943. So, it’s time for it to go,” said Moody.
As friends joined her in a champagne toast, a growing crowd gathered to watch or photograph this bit of coast history.
The trackhoe made quick work of the structure atop the steel hull. Badly rusting metal was no match for the heavy duty steel teeth which slowly tore it to pieces. The tug that survived two of the fiercest hurricanes ever, offered little resistance.
“It’s been a landmark. I don’t know if people are going to know where they are on this stretch of beach anymore without the boat being here. We’re going to miss it for sure,” said Chris Fore, whose company donated the demolition services.
Vanessa Clarke worked in the souvenir shop for years. The crowd reminded her of days gone by.
“I don’t know how many times I came out of the shop to get pictures of people in front of the boat. A lot of times,” she recalled.
For local residents, this familiar tugboat became a symbol of strength against the storms. For visitors, it was a favorite landmark and photo opportunity.
Katherine Trimnal is a frequent visitor from Columbia, South Carolina. She called the demolition a “sad day.”
“This is a landmark that I’ve always enjoyed seeing. Because I remember Hurricane Camille, and I just think it’s a shame. I don’t understand the need to destroy a piece of history like this,” she said.
The owner says it’s time to move forward.
“Hurricane put me in business and a hurricane took me out of business,” she said.
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The scheduled biopsy went ahead as scheduled Friday. I was planning on giving an update Friday afternoon or early evening but something happened to my blog (it was an issue on the webhost’s end and has now been fixed). Now that my blog is back here’s what happened. I woke up early Friday morning and took the first dosage of the sedatives prescribed for me due to my major needle phobia. An hour later I took the second dose and approximately 30 minutes later I took a third dose. Then about thirty minutes before the biopsy, I took the final dose of sedatives as prescribed by the eyes, ears, nose and throat doctor. Although I was unable to walk a straight line, I was pretty alert. My wife drove me to the facility where the procedure was to take place and once we arrived, we were quickly taken to the room where the biopsy was to take place.
At this point, I normally would be completely freaking out, whimpering and shaking like a leaf. Probably turning green, too.
The funny thing though is I didn’t do any of that.
The sedatives did their job. Granted I was very tense and I had a white-knuckled grip on the bed railing. As soon as it was to begin I closed my eyes tightly and a cloth was placed over my face. Now whether this was for sanitary reasons or to keep me from seeing what was happening or both, I don’t know. However, someone sprayed a freezing solution onto my neck and almost immediately followed up with a shot of something to numb the area. And I never panicked. That alone was probably the most remarkable thing. They took two samples in rapid succession and those whole procedure probably took no more than 60 seconds. Nowhere near the 3 minutes they thought. However, from now on, if I ever have to undergo some procedure involving needles, I’m requesting this form of sedation. It works for me.
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This morning I have a thyroid gland biopsy scheduled. I have a HUGE, MASSIVE, GI-NORMOUS phobia of needles so I am dreading this like you would NOT believe. I will be glad it’s over. You’re probably saying “Better you than me.” Oh well. Regardless, today is once again Open Trackback Friday! It is your opportunity to share interesting blog entries from your blog by using this blog’s trackback feature. Many people, including myself enjoy reading a variety of material from other people’s blogs, so link your post to this one, send a trackback to it and it’ll appear in the comments section after I manually approve it. I still approve all comments & trackbacks manually due to spam bots so it won’t show up immediately, but I will get to it as soon as I can. I am still using myself as the ultimate spam filter but now have the aid of an excellent trackback filter. To obtain the trackback URL simply rightclick where it says “trackback” below and then click on “copy shortcut” to get it. That’s all there is to it! And thank you in advance for trackbacking to my blog. And while you’re here, please take some time to look at some articles I’ve posted. Maybe you’ll find something interesting. If you do, trackback to it as well.
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The results of the radiation test of my thyroid gland came back and a nodule appears to be dead so the eyes, ears, nose and throat doctor wants to do a needle biopsy. I am freaking out over this periodically due to my huge, massive, gi-normous phobia of needles. The nurse promised me that they will give me a “sedative cocktail” of whatever that will make me where I just don’t care. However I’m not convinced it will help. I hope and pray I am wrong. The last time something like that was done was when I had bloodwork done. I was given some Valium that was supposed to calm me but my adrenaline was going so hard that it didn’t kick in until AFTER the bloodwork. I told the nurse about this and she assured me this would be different. I hope and pray she’s right. It’s now scheduled for tomorrow morning. I don’t want to delay it any longer. The person who will be performing it is the one they send all the scaredy-cats/cowards like me and he assures me that it’s quick and it will be as painless as possible. Fortunately, if such a thing can be considered, that if it proves to be benign, I won’t have to go through it again unless something changes in the future. Please keep me in your prayers and thoughts. I’m gonna be a nervous wreck. A doped-up nervous wreck tomorrow morning, but a nervous wreck nonetheless.
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I still remember when Nancy Pelosi promised to rid the Senate of the “Culture Of Corruption” and how so many liberals accused Republicans and the Republican Party of being the “Culture of Corruption.” Ain’t it funny how they get real quiet when their own members are exposed as being extremely corrupt?
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The latest PhotoHunt category from tnchick.com is “Unique/Funny Signs” which can be interpreted as one sees fit. The following sign was taken in Wakulla County, Florida just south of U.S. Highway 98 near St. Marks, Florida.
And the picture below was taken on Father’s Day two years ago in front of The Army Surplus Store on North Monroe Street in Tallahassee, Florida.
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