Medical update.
Apr. 14th, 2026 10:48 pmAbout CT Scan and Bronchoscopy.
Just got this from my docs office.
Dr. de Chazal has reviewed your recent chest CT performed at TMC and observed an increase in the size of the lung nodule. He recommends that you undergo a PET-CT scan, which will provide a more detailed evaluation of the nodule. Rad LTD will contact you to coordinate the scheduling of this procedure. Once the appointment is scheduled, please inform us of the date so that we can arrange a follow-up appointment in our office to review the findings with your healthcare provider.
I got this tonight from the nice doctor I saw last week.
Hi Patt - no, do not worry about it. I've been waiting for the report to be finalized and didn't see it completed until today. I did send a msg to Dr. de Chazal to remind him to look at it. He did put the order in for the bronchoscopy already and talked to Dr. Chandran, the doctor who will do the procedure. I promise, I'm keeping tabs and will check with them again tomorrow. I haven't forgotten about you!
Tuesday word: Nictate
Apr. 14th, 2026 09:31 pmNictate (verb)
nictate, Also nictitate [nik-teyt]
verb (used without object)
1. to wink.
Other forms: nictating
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Origin: First recorded in 1755–65; from Latin nictātus, past participle of nictāre “to wink, fidget”
When you nictate, you blink. Snakes don't have eyelids, so they can't nictate.
The technical term for what you do when your eyelids close is nictate, or alternately, nictitate. Whether you're blinking in the sunshine or winking at your friend after giving the substitute math teacher a hard time, you nictate. Almost every single animal has the ability to nictate, and even those without true eyelids have a protective membrane that occasionally covers their eyeballs. The Latin root is nictare, "to blink."
mayhem
Apr. 15th, 2026 01:00 amMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 15, 2026 is:
mayhem \MAY-hem\ noun
Mayhem refers to needless or willful damage or violence, and especially to a scene or situation that involves a lot of violence. In figurative use, it may refer to any instance of excited activity.
// The director's newest thriller is brimming with murder and mayhem.
Examples:
"The storage space is a veritable Fort Knox safe from tornadoes, floods, earthquakes and all manner of mischief and mayhem, where the 68-degree temperature and 45% humidity are ideal for preserving paper and film." — Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
Did you know?
Legally speaking, mayhem refers to the gruesome crime of deliberately causing an injury that permanently disfigures another. The word comes via Middle English from the Anglo-French verb maheimer ("to maim") and is probably of Germanic origin; the English verb maim comes from the same ancestor. The "disfigurement" sense of mayhem first appeared in English in the 15th century. Centuries later, the word came to refer to any kind of violent behavior. Nowadays, mayhem is frequently used to suggest any kind of chaos or disorder, even in far less fraught circumstances, as in "there was mayhem on the field after the winning goal was scored."


