I have yet to hear back about my PET scan on whether it will happen or not. My colleague has informed me that the radiologist believes that there is no reason for it to be declined. That is a bit reassuring, but I am not sure if I am getting more anxious about those results and that my CT results will be released soon. I have an unsettling feeling in my stomach when I have time to think. While I work or am actively engaged in things I do not think of it. Of course, I think that I may be getting sick from something. I seem to have a tickle in my throat. I am not sure if I am sick or not, as it has been going around. What i has made me realize however is that I will most likely not be able to go watch all of Xavier’s hockey games this year or setup cameras at the game. I was thinking of getting a life sized cut out of me to to put in the stands so he can check out my scowl every now and then. I know that he does not look for me after he lets in a goal. I give him a scowl whether he made a good save, bad save or lets in a goal. It is the eternal look of disappointment from the Asian parent, comparing him to his cousin Timmy from China. Timmy is on the national team, can get a shutout, complete all of his homework and start a business all at the same time.
I am hoping that someone will call me next week to tell me about my appointment. At this point I think that they are making sure that they have results in so that they can determine the next steps. The other thing is that they could be making sure that CCO has approved funding for me to get treatment. Things have changed quite a bit from 2021 when I first went through all of this.
Next weekend we are going out of town for a hockey tournament. I want Melanie to come to this tournament for sure as I am not sure how I will feel while I am down there. I am looking forward to the food and seeing some of my relatives. We often see my cousin’s kids as they are closer to my age than I am to my cousins. Traditionally when we go down I pay for all of the family meals, so he offered to pay. I asked if we could go to Lobster Fisherman Club, and he said sure, but his brother would pay. He is allergic to seafood and that is what they are known for. Gigantic displays of seafood. They have introduced us to some nice restaurants so it is nice to see them. I have fond memories of them as kids as I use to take them out shopping for different treats and purchase them random things. It amuses me that this is something that they have always remembered.
A common element in Mel and my family is that we are both close to both sides of the family. This has resulted in us doing a lot of things with the extended family on both. Over the years I have invited random people over to enjoy us for holidays. When people had no where else to go, I did not want them to spend holidays alone, so I would invite them over to spend at our house. When we have 30+ people over, an extra 1 or 2 does not make much difference. I am lucky that Mel always agreed and never asked why were we feeding another mouth. Everything was, how should we arrange the seating to accommodate the other person. Same with when there is someone young sitting at the dining room table and I am teaching them some random topic. She never asked why am I helping someone, nor did she complain that I did not have time. She accepted them with open arms. If my friends ask me for help, I will always help them out if I can.
This comes around to us as well. The amount of help that we have received from this home renovation is amazing. Family friends come here as an army and tear things down, make a mess, clean up and do this repeatedly over and over. I do not think that we could have progressed this much without all of the help from people. Helping others is a trait that I get from my parents. I am grateful for some of the lessons that they have taught me. Mel and I were out and about and talking with some friends and they told me how they were shopping, and an Asian lady came up to her and told her that what she was buying was not good and she returned it and chose a better item. My parents do this all of the time at the grocery store. When they see young people struggling to buy meat, fruit or anything they help them out. Invite them over to dinner and become friends with them. They have brought them over to our place to introduce them at times, or we are at their house and some random people drop by. This is who I am and I see where I get this from.