I drove to my family doctor to hear the news.

“Hi Alan, I’ve got great news! The tumor isn’t malignant.” he said excitedly.

“Yay! May I have a copy of the X-ray ?” Alan said as he jumped up and down.

A few days later Alan’s x-ray copy came in the mail. His uncle came over.

“Hey Uncle Jay. Here’s my x-ray I told you about. I’m cancer free !” said Alan sitting at the counter.

“Who told you you’re cancer free?” asked Uncle Jay, an oncologist.

“My family doctor.” Alan said.

“Come over here to the table. Have a seat,”Uncle Jay said soothingly.”Let’s look at this closer. See this gray matter. See this black matter. That’s a malignancy.”

“Why would my family doctor lie to me?” I said with tears.

“I’m guessing he didn’t know how to read an x-ray or the x-ray tech needs additional training,” said Uncle Jay.

“Woah! This is real!” Alan sighed. “Well I can take one day at a time and have friends and family pray. Also I can write up a bucket list of things I want to do.”