Day #6 6 Down and 29 To Go

Day #6
Wow, What a day this turned out to be. I have not been feeling 100% for the past few days. Upset stomach and not much energy. My appointment was for 4:30 pm but, Kari also had an appointment for 3pm. My appointment was at the top of the hill and hers was at the bottom of the hill. She followed me to my floor and then she left for her appointment. OHSU has a tram that takes you up/down the hill for free. Plus, it is much faster than getting in your car,driving,parting and then coming bck up the hill.
I was about an hour early for my appointment bt that was fine. There was a football game on TV and I would be fine. Oh, I almost for a tiny little detail. On the way to OHSU, it began to snow, just a little. By the time we arrived at the top of the hill, we were having a snow storm! This was going to be a wild afternoon. Since I was early, the techicians took me 30 minutes early, which was great. I thought we could beat the snow and traffic headed home. When I was finished, Kari arrived from her appointment. At the point I remembered that on Tuesdays we meet with Dr. Holland after my treament. This is to go over my progress and if there are any questions for him. We met for about 10 minutes and proceeded to head to the parking garage. We got into the car, which was freezing, an headed out. About an hour later we were still at the entrance to the parking area! The snow was coming down so hard. It was amazing how muchit was snowing. I know that up to this point we had about 4-5 inches. The funny thing I just like in every city in America, the weather folks had no idea this was coming. Two weks ago they told us Artic Blast 2009 was on the way. For 3 days everyone got ready. Guess what, not one drop or flake of snow. Now its coming down in buckets and they never saw it coming. Since we were not going to go anywhere fast, I just stayed warm and relaxed. About 1 3/4 hours we were told we could go down the step hill, back into Portland. This hill is steep and has 230 dead man curves. let's just say, This is not the place you would want t be when it is snowing. Well, I was there and wanted to get out. After 3 1/2 hours we arived at our warm home. It was amazing how much snow there was. The highways were fine once we got on the interstate. Kari was a little nervous about the steep hill but, I did a good job of getting us out of there. I am writing this on Wednesday at about 1:30pm PST. I am getting ready to shower and head back to OHSU. I have an appointment with my dermatologist today. After this I go for treatment #7. My dermatologists has to check to see how my skin is reacting to the radiation. He will also look at other parts of my body that are affected by Morphea. I will relay that info to the blog tomorrow.
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