Today I go back to Lozano (SLC) for a follow-up. I have some trepidation as to what he may say, but I’m eager to get this phase over. Getting down the stairs this morning and into the car was quite a bit easier than the last time, but now that I have a hard cast over my knee I have to learn it all over again. I’ll have this cast for the next two weeks.

The appointment with SLC was tiring. The traffic on the drive in was horrible. It took a bit over 2 hours. Once there, they took an X-ray of the leg then a short wait to see SLC. He’s optimistic, he said they discussed my case with a (weekly?) meeting of radiographers. Based on that meeting, they agree what the lesions aren’t but not what the lesions are! There are apparently some more lesions on the right femur as well. More tests! He spoke disparagingly of Shield’s Health (I’d sort of gotten that impression earlier that they’re in it just for the money!) Anyway, he wanted a new MRI soon and the only one we could get was 7:00 AM tomorrow at MGH! So we’ll be doing the trip again. In the evening I had a short call with Eddie Chen. Nothing much to add. He defers to SLC.

Started reading “Gardens—An Essay on the Human Condition” The first chapter was illuminating how he brings together the stories of Gilgamesh, Odysseus, the Garden of Eden and Dante’s Inferno. Harrison shows how they are similar and tell the same story of how humans think about gardens.