Expedition Everest™Challenge

This past weekend I had the opportunity to run a 5K race. It was held at Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park. The cool thing about this race is that it is not just a normal 5K. They had various obstacles that you had to go through throughout the course. I ended up finishing the race at 36:10. That was just under a 12 minute mile. Not bad for a girl with only one fibula bone.

I did not have to place any support around my ankle thankfully. All the training I have done over the years since my surgery has made it strong. I did, however, had to tape one of my toes that has curled under as a result from my surgery. As I trained for the race my toenail started to become damaged from running on it. I was afraid my nail would fall right off. I am trying to work on stretching my muscles around that area and hope that, over time, it will be more stable.


Once the 5K race was over, the scavenger hunt began. As I said this was no ordinary event. In the scavenger hunt we would receive a card that had a puzzle that needed to be solved before we could move on to the next location. They were 4 cards or clues in total that, once matched up, would give us the answer to the fifth and final card. This card was needed to cross over the finish line for the whole event. (Though, honestly, they never checked our last card).

The great part about this event was that there was no pressure. People of various ages and running backgrounds could participate. You could even walk it if you wanted too. My teammate and I ran into a mother and daughter team early in the day. As we chatted we found out that the mother, who was about 69 years old, ran her first race in February. It was the Disney's Princess Half Marathon Weekend. (Holy Cow) Bless her. I figured if that was not inspiration, I don't know what is. I am proud of what I and my teammate accomplished that night. 1:05:23 for the whole event. Maybe I will train to run a half marathon.



Maybe.

Been a bit.

Sorry I have not posted in a while. Life has it's interesting turns. But that is no excuse not to post. The good news is that I got a clear bill of health from my doctor back in August. I just have to go back in about a year or two for follow-up. I have an appointment to get the final stages of my reconstruction done with my doctor so I should have a full set of teeth soon.

Ameloblastoma "Fast Facts"

After looking up some general information about amelo, I ran across a website called organized wisdom. They listed some facts that I found interesting.

Fast Facts:

* Accounts for 1% of all oral tumors with most patients diagnosed at 30 to 40 years of age.
* Ameloblastomas typically return.
* While malignancy is uncommon, it does occur in some cases.

Would you like one CAT Scan or two?

I honestly can say I have had about 10 CAT Scans in my life. All of which for ameloblastoma. I have never had an issue getting a CAT Scan done, till now. I asked my doctor's secretary a while back if I had to get the scans done at Hopkins or if I could do it local. She did state I could get it done where I live. Good, I thought at that time, that would save me a 3 hour drive. However, now I find out that the place in which I am trying to get the scan done, South Jersey Radiology, can not do the procedures, at least not in one day.

(?????????)

According to SJR, my prescription states two separate scans. Well that is news to me. I usually get one scan by itself and then another with contrast. I got so mad that I just told the person on the phone to cancel my appointment all together. I felt bad as she was being very nice and I was acting like a wounded bitch. Guess I let my anger get away from me. Again. I then directly call Hopkins and left message a with the secretary asking to help get this all straighten out.


If I have too, I would go to Hopkins but I did not understand why two different procedures were ordered this time. I normally just have one. Also SJR was trying to get a hold of the doctor to find out what the exact order was and no one called them back. If I have to take a day off to get this crap done I will be very miffed.


And it’s only 10am.