The weather during February and March was a lot of fun here in the northeast, huh? Not! After some cold weather cycling during January we were forced into a 6 week hiatus from the bikes. When the weather suddenly and temporarily jumped into the 70-degree range a couple of weeks back we seized the opportunity and rode 80-miles over the course of the weekend. I hadn’t done anything like that in a very long time and needless to say we all enjoyed it immensely. This past Saturday I came close to reaching the symbolic 50-mile threshold when I rode with Dan Nies and Steph Tobler on a 47-mile ride in the rolling hills around Washington’s Crossing. Yep, I’m feeling terrific and hoping we can continue this quick ramp up in mileage so that we can prepare for the 170-mile two day ride for Multiple Sclerosis in late May.I had hoped to get my next PET/CT scheduled and completed last week but that was really just wishful thinking. After the usual game of having the insurance company first reject the scan I got the word yesterday that it was approved and I gave my friend Betsy at Princeton Radiology a call right away. Game on… we’re scheduled for April 7th. I’m viewing this scan as a big one because depending on the results Dr. Richards seemed open to discussing having my medi-port removed. Yep, I still have it. I get it flushed at every 6-week checkup and the good thing is that it is still working. It comes in handy because we’re able to use it for checking blood chemistry during these checkups. I guess this will all come together when I see Dr. Richards in late April and I wonder too if we’ll be able to move to a less frequent schedule of PET/CT scans.
