Somewhat positive news regarding my PET scan of last Friday. No "uptake" from my right lung (although, as the oncologist pointed out, this doesn't mean that my lung doesn't have cancer, but it's a lot better than what it could have been). There was considerable uptake from the mediastinum which is also not conclusive as I could still and probably are still healing from the surgery. So, at this point, without any evidence to the contrary, we appear to be dealing with a phase IIIa lung cancer.