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Alrighty, today is P-day…

P stands for PET and PET stands for… well… okay I am not really sure. Anyhoo basically it’s a pleasant scan that shows if there is any cancerous activity in your body. “Great, why doens’t everyone have one of these every year to check if they have cancer?” – you ask out loud and startle another person in the room because you’re talking outloud instead of inside your head like normal.

Here let me enlighten you. Here is a summary of what goes on.

Gotta be at hospital by 7:30am
Login/register about 7:45-8:00
Head to the scanning labs
Login/register again 8:00-8:15
Get called to the back where a very nice friendly young man pulls out a wonderful needle and announces “this will hurt a bit” and procedes to shove it up your vein!
Get a shot of something that adheres to you blood cells.
Get a shot of something in a lead syringe that adheres to the stuff that adheres to your blood cells.
Go back into a room where you’re not supposed to move, just lay on a comfy chair.
Snuggle into a warm blanket.
Sleep.
Sleep.
Wake up to the loud nurse talking about “dumb patients” (just kidding, she was just not awake yet)
Sleep.
Sleep.
Sleep.
Wake up from some deep sleep to a nurse trying to wake you up to come back to the “coffin” room.
Lay on table after emptying your pockets and assuring you have no belt on.
Snuggle down with warm blanket on odd shaped table (looks like a diving board)
Get your arms strapped down so you don’t move.
Slide into cave like place while machine makes funny noises.
Sleep.
Sleep.
etc
Wake up, go home.
2-8 months later get $1000 medical bill (yes after insurance has gone through)

Now why list all this? There is no price on your life, we must do what we must do to make sure we’re alive and well and ready to live each day to it’s fullest.

I have had the scan 3 times and it’s not fun but I know that God is in contorl of whatever happens to me or my body and allows some things to happen for odd and interesting reasons. We need to look for the exciting/interesting/painful/learned/eventful results of what happens to us. Keep your chin up, realize God has a plan for you if you let Him. Anyway I have been resting up after the scan and am ready to return back to work!

Hope you all are doing well and having a splended day!
-me

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