My father

My parents aren't old. They are merely in their 50's. And, hey, since I turned 30...well, 50 ain't old anymore.

So my mom forced my dad to go to the doctor and do all kinds of tests that you need to do when you're 50. He did blood work, stress test, ultrasound of his legs (because his feet are always cold), etc. Every single test came back ok except the cholesterol test. And he has high blood pressure. But we knew both of those already. Basically, the doc told him that he's just fat and needed to lose some weight and both of things would go away.

BUT, he also had to do an MRI on his neck. About 3 months ago he jerked his neck pretty badly doing something and shortly after that has had this mass in his neck where he jerked it. Well, while he was at the doc the doc made him do an MRI to figure out what it was. We found out the results of the MRI yesterday...it's a swollen gland. But we don't know WHY it's swollen. And it just so happens that it is the exact same spot that he had melanoma a few years ago. So he is doing the biopsy today to see what it is. Hopefully it's just an infection, or a blood blister, or something silly like that. Hopefully it's not cancer. We're praying that it's not cancer. We'll find out in a couple hours exactly what it is.