meet READI-CAT (worse than drinking toothpaste spit)

It seems as if I got a week's worth of things accomplished today.

I went into the office for the first time in nearly a week. It was good to see everyone and good to have the distraction to make the day pass quickly. I shared an update with my team -- just the basics, but hopefully, enough to ease their concerns. After I missed some key meetings, they were acutely aware that *something* was going on -- and the ridiculous cough I've had is obvious to even the most casual observer. My team in India had mixed feelings about the news -- a slight relief that I felt my cough (that started 4 days after my return to India) was a blessing -- they've been feeling badly that I've been sick ever since my return.

Dr Cairoli's office called to schedule my tests. The bone scan and CT scan are scheduled for Thursday. It will be a bit crazy because of all the prep -- here's the drill: 

• 9:30am -- no more eating or drinking (*except for Readi-cat cocktail -- see below)
• 12:15am -- readi-CAT cocktail  (seriously disgusting -- see below)
• 1:00pm -- injection of radioactive tracer for bone scan
• 1:45pm -- CT scan
• 3:00pm -- bone scan

OK.  Meet READI-CAT... they handed me this on my way out of Dr Cairoli's on Monday.  The ridiculous thing is that this moment elicited the most verbal and significant reaction of all the news I heard on Monday.  Of course, most of the news I heard was better than I expected... but seriously... gross.  I do not want to have to drink this stuff again. 

So... when I was a camp counselor, we used to do this toothbrush skit for the campers.  It was totally gross and awesome.  If you've never seen it, here's a link to a video of something close... (SBTW counselors do it better)

Choking down a bottle of this is like choking down a cup of nasty toothpaste spit.  For serious.  It's sitting in my fridge if anyone wants a sip...