Today I spent half the day at the Mayo Clinic with my Mom and sister, Shari. Mom had to have an appointment to get her blood pressure checked. Her appointment was scheduled for 1:30, she gets in at 2:30pm! Let me know if I'm crazy, but if there is one place that the Clinic shouldn't make people impatiently wait it's the hypertension area? Am I stupid or is that just the most inane thing ever. Plus, the waiting room there is on a lower lever, all white walls, no windows, cramped and (according to my mom) a very "snotty girl" at the desk!
My mom had kidney cancer surgery 2 years ago this month. It was a very scary time. It was the first time in my entire life that I really thought about my Mom actually not being here one day. She's nearly 82 years old, but seriously looks in her mid-60's. But in 2007, when she went through the ordeal, she got so thin and was so weak and because I could see fear in her face (for the first time ever), it made me really think .... wow, she just might no outlive us all.
Flash forward 2 years and here she is, one less kidney and looking and feeling great. Of course she needs to monitor her BP for the rest of her (very long) life, but she looks and (says she) feels great! The "non-American" (whispered tone as Aud says it) doctor did tell her he'd like her to lose the 6 lbs she has gained in the last year. (The woman is all of MAYBE 130!). Of course, this of all the things he probably said to her (if she heard him, because the Kindseth hearing is notoriously bad), was all she honed in on was, "I need to lose weight!"
We asked her if she reminded him that it is December and Christmastime. "I don't think he celebrates Christmas. You know he had an accent!" (as a smart ass, I asked ... Canadian?). Of course to my mom that means he probably doesn't even realize that Minnesota Norwegians eat all the carb-loaded, white food possible this time of year and yes, it can make us gain a little weight. Oh well ... I love her so much!
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