Hi Jane & Dick,

It's good to hear from you again, and hugs and Blessings are always welcomed.

When I talked to the cardiologist's nurse about scheduling my tests, I asked if there was anything I should take as a sign to get to the ER before then. She said, "Well certainly if you have any chest pain...." Forgot to look at my chart, I guess. When I told her that I'm always in pain, on pain meds, and that's why I came in to begin with, she moved the echocardiogram up to this Monday am. She couldn't move the nuclear stress test up any sooner, but she said the Doc should be able to tell a lot from the echo... one.

I'll be at Shands about my soon-to-be-I-hope teeth Nov 20th, to see my RO Dec 8th, and to see my lung doc on Dec 16th. If you're going to be there any of those days I would love to meet with you. I usually hit Shoney's whenever I go to Gainesville because of their buffet bar - always mashed potatoes, gravy, meat loaf, and lots of other stuff I can eat - but I've gotten pretty good at finding things on almost any restaurant's menu. I wonder if they serve gator there? (For those who don't know, Gainesville is the home of the UCF Gators many-times champion football team and the whole city is pretty obsessed with them.)

Lani