Lately I've been juggling chemo at cCARE near my home and driving to UC San Diego Health in La Jolla for workup visits. Danielle is able to chime in remotely with the case manager and myself which is convenient, not to mention a huge savings on time and gas. Most of the visits require me to be there in person, but it's nice when we can video chat! Dr. Jeong is my BMT attending physician, she's super calm and focused. I'm really blessed to see these two faces. 

The workup visits assess and prepare for the actual bone marrow transplant which include lab work, cardio and pulmunary (the lungs) tests. One of the chemo medications is hard on the heart and mine needs a little more monitoring. The pulmunary function test is definitely an interactive breathing challenge of lung capacity with bursts of exhaling into a long tube connected to a big machine with a monitor. Luckily, I had a real nice professional staff member who loves to explain everything and most important, showed me how to do each step during my test. I've had so many MRI's with contrast from the begining of this journey to check the size of my lymphnodes, liver, and spleen plus two PET scans with radio active glucose. 

The medical team and campus staff at UCSD are so helpful. When asking for directions, the staff will walk me to my destination...so VIP. Now I'm starting to learn where most of the departments are on my own. It's a really beautiful place. God's hand is all over guiding me each step of the way and I give Him all the Glory!