Alien In My Belly

Starting a couple weeks ago, I started having some pain in my back, as well as in my sternum and hip. That was kind of unsettling, and I let myself think I was recurring for a couple of days, but these days I am thinking that my back just hurts because I tried to play and do stuff before fully rehabilitating my atrophied leg. I was mainly worried because the pain was coupled with this odd movement inside my abdomen, just to the left of my belly-button. The movement is still happening randomly throughout the day. I called a nurse at the doctor's office and explained my symptoms: the pain and the "movement" in my stomach. The nurse said that she didn't understand what I was talking about when I said "movement." Then I told her about how it felt to me like there was an alien implanted in my stomach and it was trying to get out. She said that I would have to come in to the office for her to see if it was an alien or not. I am pretty sure she thought I was an idiot.

But I went in to see Kathy and she checked out my abdomen and she said it was not a swollen spleen or baby alien or anything. And we talked about it and there are a lot of reasons why I could have these pains, but I think we are going to get a PET scan to check for sure. So I imagine I will get a PET scan in a week or two, plus I'll have an appointment Dec. 6 with my radiation oncologist. Until then, I am just getting back to working at the hospital and coaching.