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Two days from today, on Thursday Sept. 25th, I will be in the UCLA hospital in Santa Monica, undergoing a bronchoscopy.

I recently underwent a CT scan for an unrelated problem and this scan showed a lesion in my right lung. My doctors were concerned that it might be cancer, but nobody could discern what this is without getting at it.

So the procedure will happen with me unconscious, and attached to a ventilator. I have done this several times before, and I've always done well with it. After all, I will be completely unconscious! The tube will go down my throat and into my right lung and then into the lesion.

Many samples will be gotten for analysis, cultures and what-not. My doctor tells me we should have results in about a week.

This procedure is set up as an out-patient one, so I should go home that evening. My daughter (who lives 50 miles away) is coming down Thursday morning to help out.

I tend to be pragmatic about this sort of happening. Of course I am concerned but I trust my doctors and their methods.

Thursday I don't expect to be here at all. The procedure is supposed to start at 3:45 p.m. PDT. And it is supposed to last an hour. And of course there will be some time for my recovery before I'm discharged.

Please hold a good thought as I traverse this challenging space . . . My love to all of you!