Brain cancer [treatment] is...

...back to business.

Today, between the two of us, we accomplished the day's cancer to-do list:

1. Call and speak with an Optune (tin foil hat) representative, who says insurance should pay and that approval takes some time, but that the approval process is underway.
2. Call and speak to the insurance case manager about Optune.  She says she's called Dr. Park and told him to file an appeal so that Darrell can get Optune.  (Numbers 1 and 2 on this list seem like opposites, right?  We'll stay tuned.)
3. Call Radiology and reschedule the MRI so that the results can accompany us to UCLA on May 2.  Many thanks to Radiology for squeezing Darrell in given the tight window. (The scan can't be too soon because of possible brain irritation from radiation.)
4. Call specialty pharmacy to discover why chemo agent and nausea medication for maintenance phase weren't delivered.  (Oh!  There's a "pharmacist's query" on that request, given dosage change. That explains it.)
5. Call Dr. Park to tell him about UCLA results.  Bless him, he calls us back.  He says, in order to clear that "pharmacist's query," we need to go pick up the written prescription from his office to fax directly to specialty pharmacy.  (This is the first item for the Monday cancer to-do list.)
6. Call the social worker from UCLA now on the case to discuss navigating the social systems process.

The list makers in the crowd will appreciate our satisfaction at having completed all six items .  But wait!  There's more!  Audacious tuques for Super D and a minion:

These are from long-standing friend, Curt.  Curt:  Thank goodness you sent two!  Once the fashion world gets a hold of these tuques, they are going to fly off the shelves!

(Reader's hint:  Having trouble spotting Super D?  He's the one wearing tuque plus hat.)  

Thanks for the morning company, Gordon and LuAnn, and for dinner, Edwardses. 

Happy Friday, everyone, and thanks for being on the team.  We hope you know how much we appreciate your presence.  Here's hoping you tried the selfie kiss thing, but enjoy your weekend regardless.