Still Waiting...

Weeks have gone by and we have been waiting. Today, Tuesday 9/13 is the day Tom is getting his biopsy of the tumor on his sacrum.  We were told to be here at 12:30, were escorted to the 2nd floor, and here it is 1:40 and we are still waiting to be called. I have read three magazines already, so thought I would write a post.  After this biopsy procedure which is supposed to take 3-4 hours, we will drive to the Interstate offices tomorrow and he will get a PET scan.

A PET scan (positron emission tomography) involves injecting a special dye that has radioactive tracers in it. It enables the doctor to inspect blood flow, oxygen intake, and metabolism of organs and tissues. Unlike the CT and MRI scans that he has had, it can show problems at the cellular level. It can determine  how the cancer metabolizes, and if the cancer has spread or metastasized.

A few hours later...biopsy is done and we are heading home. Dr. Parsons said that he would have results by Friday. PET scan tomorrow.

It is Wednesday 9/14. Not too much waiting before they took Tom with them and told me he would be done in approximately two hours.  I'm heading to the cafe for the special Taco Bar Lunch today. Me hungry.

Oh my, more waiting involved.  Tom appeared before me before I had eaten two forkfuls of my yummy taco delight.  It seems when he woke up this morning he popped two jelly beans in his mouth.  That's my Tommy!  The sugar in his bloodstream would interfere with the PET scan so they cancelled his test.  More waiting to be rescheduled...

We are back at the facility for the PET scan. It's Friday, 9/16, so only a two day wait. Not bad.

I guess I will try to upload those photos that I had trouble with last time. Kaiser Permanente will provide the internet connection.

In the 1970's when I took a road trip out to the west coast, one of the things that impressed me was how the blackberries just grew wild along the roadsides. These are some berries that we picked one day along the road. Of course we had to wash them. Delicious and free!

 Here's Tom in the lobby of the Evergreen  Regal Cinema, my new favorite place to see a movie. Every seat in the cinema is a wide recliner. These seats are extremely comfortable and adjustable. At $8.10 for senior tickets, I have been seeing way more movies than the two a year average of past. We recently saw GhostBusters (which Tom was surprised he loved, being he disliked three of the female cast members, before the movie). We also saw Kubo and the Two Strings, with Allison and Logan.  It's the new Laika Studio production, a poignant and beautiful story. I know it will be getting some awards come award season.  It had all four of us in tears at the end.

Tom and James at the game.

  

       

 We attended several more Hops games this season. 

The Hops made it to the playoffs, but Eugene won the Northwest League Championship.  Tom's brother James came with us on Bobblehead night, where everyone got a Barley Bobblehead. Here is Barley getting ready to do battle with the Godzilla figure that Tom bought with Allison's birthday gift card.  Who do you think will win?

Godzilla and Barley preparing to fight to the finish.

Tom continues to go to Skyline Tavern to throw horseshoes. Sometimes I go with him, sometimes he goes alone.  Most times he finds someone to play with.  They hear the clang of the shoes hitting the post and draw near.  He has taught several  guys to throw. Here he is teaching Ricky. 

Ricky took a selfie with his girlfriends phone
and she was nice enough to airdrop it to me.

One of the decks at Skyline where I might eat my turkey curry ruben.

Relaxing between games.

I am starting to bore myself so I better finish this post up for those of you who are still reading.  These last photos show Tom with his picking buckets at Duyck's Peachy Pig Farm in search of raspberries. I picked some fresh figs that were wonderful. I also got stung on the nose by a yellowjacket which I promptly killed.  It just flew straight at my nose and stung me. The owners gave me a cold water bottle to put on it. It hurt like h--- for a while. Now over a week later I still have a red mark on my nose and itching. The days of itching were the worst, especially in the middle of the night. What made that yellowjacket sting me? I'll never know. Now that I have your sympathy I'll bring this to a close.  Look at that beautiful sky and landscape. We are doing alright.  When we get the test results, I'll let you know.