I got the results from the follow up CT scan of my lungs that I underwent a few days ago at the VA and the results show my lungs clear of any dark areas which the doctors saw in the initial CT scan after my surgery in early June.
After opening the envelope that arrived in the mail this morning and reading the contents I was rather surprised to find myself breathing a small sigh a relief at the results. I had known about the dark area they spotted in the bottom of my left lung during first CT scan I underwent 3 days after surgery and was assured by my surgeon that it was probably just a bit of pneumonia, not exactly an uncommon occurrence when one has the type of operation that I had.
No problem, I thought. Perfectly understandable. Heard about that sort of thing myself more than once over my lifetime so I put it right out of my head that there was a possibility, however slight, that it might be something else.
Still, there must have been small part of my wee brain sitting in a dark room worrying it’s little head off about this so I figure it must have been this same little guy that heaved that sigh when the results of the CT scan filtered down to it’s small room, knocked on the door and asked to be let in.
Now I suppose I could end this post with a smartass line such as; “Now where did I put that pack of smokes?” but since I gave up that nasty habit well over 3 years ago I’m afraid it wouldn’t be appropriate or reflect on the true nature of the situation.
So I guess I’ll have to leave up the last line to the imagination of (all 5 of) my readers?