How much had the Cancer Spread?

Tuesday March 28. This is a day of beginning to find out how pervasive the cancer is.

I tried to play bridge in the afternoon after running a few errands, but may not have been fully at the table.

After having blood taken for a Serum CEA check (looking for traces of cancer in the blood), I got lost getting to the Carlisle Imaging Center for a CT scan. This test checks for cancer in my organs. This is an attractive facility and I watched TV while drinking 2 large glasses of some concoction.

Eventually, I was ushered into a room with a big machine. I talked to the technician about the iodine that I had consumed and told her that when Carol had it several years ago, she returned home and caused the TV to go crazy when she walked by. This would be a change because in my experience, she goes crazy every time she walks by the TV and a political show is on. The technician was dubious about either claim.

Some sticky things were attached to my chest. After the test, the technician removed them from my hairy chest and we both chuckled about the "40 Year Old Virgin."

I got home after stopping for a Chinese food dinner and after consultation found out that if I was having surgery, it would be good to have my heart checked. Whammo. Within an hour I learned that Dr. Jorge Navas would give up his lunch the next day to see me.

By then I had also learned that Dr. Kurt Erickson was to see me on Thursday at 11:00 to talk about surgery.