Anybody else want a Do Over? Remember playing four square or tether ballas a kid? Perhaps a bad serve. You would shout Do Over. And just like that we got a second chance. I want a Do Over on 2020.

OK. Maybe not on the whole year. I did finally get my MRI results and apparently good for another 100,000 miles. But even this did no go smoothly. Over the last two years I have had one CT Scan and four MRI’s. So I am told. Certainly not me that’s counting.

Anyway process and protocol is that I get a letter from my oncologist providing good news after about 3 - 4 days. I always count the absence of the phone call as good news. Come day 10 I called. I explained my situation to the person on the other end. She curtly stated that my results would be discussed at my next doctors appointment.

Wrong answer. I then rather tersely stated that if my cancer comes back statistically I will be dead in 12 months and do not want to wait 6 of those months waiting for the results. And that process and protocol for my last 3 MRI’s is a letter from my oncologist. She essentially said let me take a message.

Frankly, my faith in her was non-existent. I called back - pressed a different button and left a message. Several hours later I called again. Got a human voice! The imaging center had not yet forwarded the results. More waiting. About a week later good news. Finally!

Not just my MRI results but life has been up in the air this year. My daughter, Nicole and her fiance, Dwight were scheduled to get married on 10/10/20. They were excited about their big day and special date. After much discussion and thought they decided to postpone. They have picked a date in June of 2021. Given my cancer I was admittedly anxious about simply being there. I will and am blessed.

So many lives have been disrupted in countless ways over the past few months. I suppose in some ways I got my Do Over. I hope you all get yours.

Stay Strong, Be Kind, Be Humble and God Bless!