Good Morning. One correction, no doctor's visit following this PET/CT scan to discuss results. I have standing orders for 2 more PET/CT scans every 3 months. After that I think we go to every 6 months. Talking with others, that should eventually become every year. I have one friend who is a colon cancer survivor and he just had his last scan after 10 years.

I'll have to share one more story with you. We met with the surgeon before the surgery and he spent some time reviewing what had happened up to that point and why my medical team decided to go forward with the lobectomy. At one point, he turned to my wife and said, "I want to tell you he WILL be depressed after the surgery. For one thing, he's a man and we don't handle these things as well as you women do. For another thing, he's young. And lastly, he's an engineer and they tend to overthink things." At that point I turned to my wife and said, in an overly exaggerated voice, "When have I EVER overthought anything?" and we all had a good laugh.