Scans
Joy To The World – I’m Cancer Free!!!
For those of you not on Facebook… We have BIG news today… Apparently I am now CANCER FREE!!! I am still in a state of shock. Although it is what I willed and wished to happen, it is still a little hard to believe. This morning I received the results of last week’s bone…
Read MoreThe Scan Results Are In…
And basically, in my mind, the news is great! The PET scan showed only two spots of concern and I am convinced that both these spots are related to inflammation and scar tissue from my mastectomy and ongoing breast expansion. And everything else is clear. 🙂 Hooray!!! The first spot is a lymph node measuring less…
Read MoreThe News Is In
And the news is both good and bad. First, the good news… My bone scan was clean and the PET scan showed no evidence of cancer in the bones, lymph nodes, organs, lungs, brain, or anywhere else in my body. All the cancer is still contained in my left breast. So it looks like we’re…
Read MoreThe Waiting Game
Tomorrow I find out the results of my most recent set of scans. The results determine a whole host of things – most importantly whether or not surgery is still an option. As long as the cancer has not grown or spread since my last scan in April I’m good to go for the mastectomy.…
Read MoreLet The Scans Begin!
Tomorrow commences the scanning ritual I must now endure every 4 months for the rest of my life. Except this time around I’ve got some extra scans thrown in for my surgery prep. It’s so freakin’ time consuming. My schedule tomorrow includes a 10am injection (for my afternoon bone scan), an 11am psychotherapy appointment (in…
Read MorePulling It Together
Miss M and I have arrived. After a hellish flight from Dayton to Vancouver (including a 6 hour layover at Chicago’s O’Hare airport and an arrival time of 2am into Vancouver – 5am Ohio time – thank God Auntie ‘Cole was there to pick us up) we are now happily settled at Grandpa’s house on…
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