May 19, 2009

Today’s task was to get a pet scan. We had to drive to USC in the morning during rush hour. LA freeways are very interesting during rush hour. The freeways can become parking lots at times and people have little patience because they have to get to work. The closer to work time the wilder the driving becomes. Since we’ve spent so much time on the freeway I’ve began to notice some things I haven’t noticed before. I’m not sure when it started to happen but there are many cars that have damage on their sides. I’m not really sure what that means but I think it means that people are becoming poor drivers in LA. That’s really too bad because people used to be very good drivers in this part of the work. I guess I could speculate about when these cars get their bangs. I would think its when people back into parking spaces instead of going forward into them. Think many of the banks come from cars hitting poles of some sort or another as they try to park or leave their parking spots. In any case we finally got to USC I took my PET scan and we had an unremarkable rest of the day.

On the 20^th, we had no appointments and spent a day just in each other’s company. I tried not to think about the upcoming doctors appointment and was mostly successful. I talked to my children and went for a drive in my car to get gas and buy a water bottle. As my wife and I talked we came up with several more questions for the Doctor. I decided that I really wanted to see my grandchildren graduate without the sickness associated with Chemo.

On the 21^st I went to my Photoshop class. Then, I got some files printed out and while I was waiting for the prints I went back to USC to get my blood draw. After that I got the prints and came home to await the big pronouncement on my health the next day. I had an opportunity to work on my mental well-being. Because while I didn’t fear the worse I really somewhere inside know that my days on earth would be counted as numbered by my doctor.