PFTs and other nonsense

I did the pulmonary function tests and the chest x-ray today. It wasn't too bad, took about an hour. The PFT tech was very chatty and over-explained some stuff...but I guess if you do that job all day, you run into some morons who can't follow instructions.

The bottom line is that my various lung metrics improved anywhere from 11-184% after an albuterol treatment, which I think means that I have a breathing problem. I'll need to make another appointment with my doctor to discuss the results. The good news is that I have a suspicion that I might have some lung congestion that's causing it, and that I've noticed it slowly getting better. In the meantime, I have the Advair (the diskus wasn't nearly as complicated as the Dr. made it seem) and the albuterol inhaler. Makes me feel like such a geek to be sucking on an inhaler, though. :)

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In other news, the movers are coming to the westside house on Saturday, which is part of the reason I was staying there Tuesday night. I didn't really get much packing done, because I can't really get into something like that until it's the absolute last minute. So on Friday night, I'm sure that I'll be flinging crap into boxes till the wee morning hours.

After the movers have done their thing, Dale and Rob are coming over to fix some minor problems with the house, and I'm going to shampoo the carpets. All this in preparation for two things: 1. Getting a realtor in to assess the sell-ability of the house, and 2. Make ready for my brother to move to Houston!

He's going to be staying at my house for a couple months (so long as it's still mine for that long) while he looks for a job. It'll be nice to have another family member down here...more incentive for the rest of the clan to come down here more often than once every six years. AND we may have another family member for Thanksgiving dinner. (I know it's like 6 months away, but I'm considering roasting an actual turkey this year, with the basting and the stuffing and the cooking for 5 hours or whatever. I have never done this, and can't really justify doing it for just the three of us. I'm very excited.)

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My weight is up, but I think it's because I haven't been drinking enough water. My calorie intake looks fine, and I've been dutifully recording everything at WW eTools, if not so much here. I could do with a bit more exercise (or any, for that matter), but I intend to rectify that tonight before the Friends finale. Maybe even during...I stopped watching Friends around the time Ross and Rachel broke up the first time, and I just want to see the second hour of the finale to see how all the fake little lives turned out.

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The last set of wedding pictures will be up either tonight or tomorrow. It's mostly bride-groom shots and family pictures, with a couple action shots thrown in.