I was admitted to the Dallas VA Hospital on Wednesday, and had surgery Thursday afternoon. They did a wedge resection on my upper left lung, and after the pathologist confirmed it was cancer, removed my entire upper left lung lobe, as well as a bunch of lymph nodes. The lymph nodes will be biopsied, and if they are cancer free, then the surgery was a cure.

They had me walking a lap around the Thoracic Intensive Care Unit on Friday, and cyclist that I am, I asked for and got bonus miles, walking a second lap.

I was moved from TICU to a regular room last night. I will probably be here another couple of days.