To Tampa and Back

We saw my oncology PA, Alison, on Tuesday to make sure my counts were high enough to travel safely. They were good but my exam showed that I'm still not fully healed yet. I was told that to fly, I needed to wear my compression socks, take an aspirin, and wear a mask. I took hospital grade Sani wipes and gloves so Susan (my boss) and I could sanitize our seats and everything we may touch on the plane.

Needless to say, we got a LOT of looks at the airport. I guess a lot of people are scared of Ebola. So when someone was staring a little too much, I would cough and say Ebola... Susan told me I should stop that :) I may freak someone out too much.

Susan and I had a crazy travel schedule, fly to Tampa on Wednesday at 2 pm and get there at 6:30 pm. We were able to go to dinner with a former employee at the Greensboro center. He was promoted and works at the corporate office now. Go Aaron! We had advanced injector training from 9-5:30 pm. We worked and trained all day. Then we left straight from the center to the airport. I didn't get back home until 12:30 am. Tired but learned a lot and had fun too!

 Flight 1: Greensboro to Atlanta

 

 

Flight 2: Atlanta to Tampa

 

Our awesome trainer, Katrina, and the whole gang!

 

Susan decided to doll up my masks for the flights home!

 

Flight 3: Tampa to Atlanta, as Marilyn Monroe

 

Flight 4: Atlanta to Tampa with Buckteeth, ready to be home!

 

 

The best part about this trip, was seeing some of the other state preceptors with teal bracelets on at breakfast. I saw that they said "Team Erin." I asked about it and was told that there is another provider that was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer in October. I'm not saying that I'm glad that she has cancer, just the opposite. I'm just glad that I may be able to reach out and help her.