Fun with needles

So I just got to work following my biopsy at Swedish. It went pretty well on the whole and was almost an exact repeat of last year's biopsy, aside from having a different doctor perform the procedure this time. This time I got an older gent who introduced himself as Dr. Hirsch and who was pretty friendly, though he wasn't quite as smooth with the technique as last year's doctor. Also, he didn't use any anesthetic on my neck, so it actually hurt this time. Not too badly, but enough to notice.

The amusing part, though, was that I got the same tech to prep me this time as I did last year: brown-haired Jen. She even remembered Dara and me, and remembered that Dara had stayed with me during the procedure and hadn't been rattled by the needles. As I believe I remember us mentioning to her last time around, this was nothing compared to breaking my arm and Dara being all wiggy over me having a second elbow and my arm going all spazzy.

Anyway, yay, biopsy. It turned out that the node they wanted to check out is partially solid and partially fluid, and it was the solid part from which they took the samples. It should only take a couple of days, and I should be hearing back from Dr. Marshall by the end of the week with the results.

A post of numbers

I was starting to get stressy about not getting in my free mile a day now that I'm commuting to work with spazzkat--so to make up for that, I did nearly two miles on the treadmill tonight. I was accompanied by the best possible workout music to find on my iPod: classic GBS, right off Rant and Roar and Up. How can you NOT start feeling better when you're zipping along on the treadmill to four harmonious Newfoundlanders roaring out "Old Black Rum" at the top of their lungs?

Also, there was no mail of the rejection letter variety waiting for me today. Go me!

Tuesday miles: 1.9
Miles out of Hobbiton: 187.3
Miles to Rivendell: 270.7
Days without a rejection letter from Luna: 33
Days without a rejection letter from agents: 15

ALL RIGHT, CANADA!

This just in: C-38, the Canadian bill to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, has passed the House of Commons.

Good on you, Canada. To all the Canadians on my Friends list, I'm proud to call you guys my neighbors. :)