Spent most of the day at Emerson for an NM bone scan where I get a shot of radioactive technetium and phosphorus. Then wait a couple of hours or more for the chemicals to bond to the bone. Then run through a scanner. They must have seen something because after they sent me to have more X-rays of both legs, arms, and pelvis

When we got back I had Maureen set up the travel wheelchair to take me to the greenhouse where they could point out where things were.

The results of the tests came in. Not good news. The results of the NM bone scan and X-rays are in, and the telling phrases are “concern for malignancy” and “concern for osteolytic metastatic disease.” Here we go again! Trust in the doctors, but how to break the news? Maureen and I are scared of course, the prognosis is in terms of how much longer I can live. What will the doctors be recommending? The symptoms of this disease bear out the fracture being caused by weakened bone. So what will this do to my recovery from the fracture? I message Chen and Lozano to see what they have to say. Would love to be able to get on with my life, but that seems unlikely. Am I going to bow out early?

In the evening, I sat in on the second lecture of the roots of conservation series. Another 1.5 hours towards graduation requirements.