Holy shit, Nora.

Yikes, Nora!

JFC, Nora, I'm so glad you're both OK, and so horrified that this happened to you!

Holy Crap Nora! I'm so glad you guys are okay.

I hope you were able to calm down enough to rest last night, Nora & Tom.

Tim had a CT scan of his chest and an echocardiogram this morning, so that when he (finally) has his appointment with the pulmonologist, the results will be ready to go, and there won't be another delay caused by him needing to go get those tests done.

So any good thoughts/prayers are welcome -- okay, not just welcome, but NEEDED -- that the results are totally normal and boring and NBD. Also, *I* need MAJOR chill-the-fuck-out-until-the-results-are-back vibes, because I am nervous as hell. (Tim, however, is not. He's mostly annoyed that the tests are so expensive because he thinks the results will be normal and then we paid all that money for nothing. I told him that peace of mind isn't nothing, AND it's also a good idea to have baseline test results to use as a comparison in the future. And also there is still the matter of that pulmonary function test result that was lower than normal, so we don't actually know what that's about, and therefore tests are good, even if they're expensive as hell.)

Anyway. Healthy lung and heart vibes, please. Also Steph-chill-the-fuck-out vibes.

Tons of ~ma for Tim.

I'm in the waiting room of the new therapist filling out forms.

Did I say -- I honestly can't remember -- his rheumatologist thinks that the intermittent discomfort Tim is having in his chest is not IN his lungs; he thinks it's costochondritis (inflammation of the cartilage that connects the ribs to the sternum). Apparently that's not uncommon among patients with RA, because RA is an inflammatory disease, and the inflammation can affect body parts other than the joints. That would be the best of all possible outcomes. It's just an annoying inflammation and causes discomfort, but it's not dangerous or life-threatening or anything.

And it generally goes away on its own, but for Tim, until the RA treatment starts to work (and therefore reduces inflammation), the costochondritis -- if that's what it is -- won't improve.

But he FINALLY starts his Humira treatment this week, so hopefully within the next month or so he may start to see some improvement. God, I hope so.

~ma in abundance for Tim and Teppy. I get Tim's frustration with the prodding and testing, but it is really good to have that base line, and reassurance that all is well.

Also ~ma for sj. I hope the new therapist is a good fit and helpful.

Doctor~ma and calm~ma all 'round!

He's mostly annoyed that the tests are so expensive because he thinks the results will be normal and then we paid all that money for nothing. I told him that peace of mind isn't nothing, AND it's also a good idea to have baseline test results to use as a comparison in the future.

Steph, you tell Tim I said you're right, so there.