Back for scans in preparation for clinical trial

So on Friday I will go back to Huntsman and have another MRI scan in preparation for the clinical trial. The clinical trial will start, if everything gets approved, on the following Wednesday. It will be nice to start treatment, even if it is the placebo.

My face is healing pretty well. I went back to the doctor because I had two lumps in my cheek. The one lump was full of fluid and the other was full of blood. They are going to test the blood just to make sure.

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