We are busy watching the Phillies playing the Arizona Razorbacks. We loved the first game and then the next was 10 zip in favor of the Phillies. Fun. Now they have moved to Arizona to play three games. They lost the first two. Tonight is the third game.

Instead of our movie we are watching the game. We will get takeout and hope for the best. Anyway, the games have been excellent in spite of the winner.

Yesterday I had a PET body scan to see if the melanoma had metastasized. The tech injected a radioactive tracer intravenously. The tracer is attracted  to the activity of cancer cells and will cluster in them. It was a two hour process.  I had to wait an hour while the radioactive substance saturated my cells before the scan was done.

Now the hard part. I could say the not knowing was no problem. It wouldn’t be correct. If I am cancer free, I will be thrilled. If I am not, I will have an uncertain future. Melanoma  can be cured if caught early. Mine was not It was hiding away on my back unseen by anyone.

Metastatic melanoma is frequently fatal and can be hard to treat. So you can see my life could easily veer in the wrong direction next week. I hope not and I hope the Phillies win and goes on to the world series.