Another First

Today was a good day. Because no one who knows the shirt code was going to see me, I wore my favorite blue shirt.

Would you believe that the day started off at 7:00 am with a Wheat Grass shot, followed by eggs and bacon and finished off with half of an avocado.

The reason it was so early was that I could not eat for 6 hours before my 2:00 pm petscan.

I took all my pills and headed out to the tennis court. I actually played better than some times and the set ended in a tie.

Then it was off to get my blood work done. The results were ok, but it was the first time that I learned that I had wiggly veins. It took a little trying, some pain, but no crying, to get the vein nailed down.

We then went on to the pet scan. It is in the same building as the cancer center. I went to ask the welcome desk about whether we could use the first floor library while waiting for my appointment. I was shocked to find one of the club's bridge players sitting behind the desk. What was more shocking is that she is there every Tuesday and I have gone past her at least 8 or 9 visits and never noticed who was sitting there. Amazing. I guess I was so intent on dealing with the cancer thing that I never took notice.

For the petscan, they have to take more blood and then give me an intravenous injection. The technician tried the same wiggly vein with no success and went to the forearm. Guess what. Another wiggly vein. It took a lot of trying, more pain, but no crying, to get that vein nailed down also.

I then waited an hour for the injection to spread itself around my body (I was able to watch politics on a TV in my own private waiting room because the research manager was not there.)

Then 25 minutes, lying perfectly still with hands and arms above the head in a very cold room. My hands reminded me that I still had a little neuropathy.

After the scan is finished, they will give you a CD. With one CT scan and 2 petscans, I now have three hit albums.

It is hard to read these scans, but it appears that I still have all my organs.

The current campaign of the research manager is to get my body to be less acidic. As a result, I experienced yet another first........lemon in my water at dinner.

We got home. I had a short rest and then got up to watch a little TV. The research manager doesn't think we need a bigger one.

Cash Cab is coming up. "What do you say? Are you in?"