PT Day 6 + Post script-Dave's Procedure*

    8;30 a.m.  Saw Maureen today, Cory probably on vacation.  I didn't ask.  Accepted the pre-workout heat treatment, so everything did seem easier.  Usual exercises, though 20 reps for most now instead of 10.  No pain, but surprisingly tiring.  The TV is on the wall, usually news at that hour, so we have a running discussion as to when the Prison Escape will be on Lifetime, et al.  Cory sees Kathy Bates as Tillie.  I suspect they'll cast someone a little hotter, maybe Charleze  Theron.  She's played a believable murderess, is beautiful but can play ugly,so would fit right into  the part.  I suppose we'll have to wait until the escapees are captured until the movie though.
      Later in the day, I drove Dave to his primary care doctor in Cambridge.  Kathy, a nurse there, was a student of mine when I taught at Cambridge Central.  She was a delight then in tenth grade, and still is.  She calls me Miss Madigan. So sweet.  She said her class just celebrated their 44th Class Reunion.  Seems like made-up story somehow. She had a twin brother, Kerry, also a nice kid and a good student.  I saw him some years ago at one of the Troy hospitals, a nurse or aide.   I can see Kathy  sitting in first seat, middle row of my classroom, Room 203.  I have a vivid memory of testing them on "The King and I" and playing the sound track in the back of the classroom.  She hummed to herself as she wrote her essay.  The memory is clear, but who we were then is a surreal blur. Anyway, the doctor, assessing the input from other doctors, thinks that Dave should have one of the tests mentioned by the neurologist.  So it's scheduled for next week at Samaritan Hospital.  For all the good that comes from the barrage of tests, he may just as well be tested on "The King and I."
* Dave saw neurologist, Dr. Verdini  on July 26, for follow-up on the thoracic MRI which he had ordered.  He was told results were normal.  When Dave said he had seen his primary, told him that he (Verdini) had mentioned the possibility of a Video Swallow test, the primary said it might be a good idea.  The test was scheduled at Samaritan.  Dr. Verdini said he thought the test was not indicated.  Dave cancelled the procedure.