I'm pooped just reading your list!! Could the results of this teat and the treatment possibly mean you would not go to Mayo Clinic? I am praying for good news.fingers crossed over here too gilcamp! hope peep pulls through!
so I had that breath test today. talk about boring! 4 hours of sitting, blowing into a special bag every 20 minutes. normal would be no hydrogen in any breath, even with the non digestible sugar they make the patient drink...
lactose intolerance is a blast of hydrogen on the first breath after drinking the stuff, then again towards the end, when that sugar stuff hits the large intestine, none in between. apparently, I blew significant numbers on every breath, including the base level, without the sugar. nurse wouldn't tell me much, other than the test is not negative, that something is definitely going on, and the results will be read later today. I hopefully will hear by Monday. also hopefully, it can be cleared with antibiotics, because I definitely have bacterial overload, but what else could be going on, I have know clue.
and my weight dropped again. fully dressed (no shoes tho') I weigh 100.2 lbs. so... probably 98 nekkid...![]()
the septic was supposed to be dug up and tested today (and pumped) but apparently, the owner of the company had to take her son to the ER, so now I have no idea when... could be anytime over the next 4 days. the Home Inspection is tomorrow at 10 AM. also tomorrow, I have to pick up a U-Haul truck for my DD around 9 AM so she can get her stuff and move it to Massachusetts, get my oil changed on my Jeep at 1 PM, keep packing... I'm pooped just listing it.

Sis and I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium today. It is the coolest place! I tried to get a few pics, and was mostly experimenting with a new pocket camera I got. It does not like low light, so most of my pics are pretty bad, but I will show you some anyway.
sea otter
squid Calamari, anyone?
cuttlefish (love these guys!)
plover
stilt with a pretty phalarope in the background
oystercatcher and killdeer
sunfish (mola)
leopard sharks
kelp forest
I will try to get better ones tomorrow.