Took 3 weeks

Today I again participated in sand volleyball after work marking the 3rd week in a row I have played, which is promising.  There were not many people so we played triples versus four and then 3 on 3 later.  I played with two new people who unlike a bunch of people that play, had solid volleyball fundamental skills.  All night we were pretty consistent, winning 5 of the 7 games we played.  What I was excited about was I had my first clean hits since I started playing.  I was able to approach, jump and strike the ball cleanly for a point two or three times.  In addition I had several good hustle plays where I saved balls with diving stabs.  I also continued my serving hot streak, not hitting a ball out or into the net for the third week in a row.

It was very humid out so I was pretty tired after 7 games of triples. The other two weeks we had four or five on a side.  Still, my body feels ok and I am definitely feeling better on the court.  My passing and setting is much more consistent than it was week one.  I am cautiously optimistic that I may be able to resume playing volleyball on a regular basis.

Tomorrow I go in for yet another skin cancer surgery.  I am getting a little suspicious however about the care plan I have been getting.  For some reason my doctor seems to feel that every spot of basal cell I have requires expensive MOHS surgery to address instead of trying to freeze or burn spots off instead.  After this round of cut and stitch I may go somewhere else to get a second opinion.

The surgery will likely curtail my ability to play pickleball this week which is annoying.