So yesterday was probably the scariest day of my life...but the scary part was over very quickly. I had an appointment with my oncologist to get the results of my CAT scan and bone scan. I laid awake the night before stressing about whether or not the cancer had spread anywhere else, and how I would handle sitting there listening to the news. Well the news ended up being good. I knew that there had been some spreading to my sternum, where I had been having a bit of pain, but other than that nothing had spread. The other good news was that it looks like I only have two lymph nodes affected under my arm. Wow, finally some good news...I was beginning to wonder if good news existed anymore.
So it looks like I keep going on the course I am on. 6-8 rounds of chemotherapy (once every 3 weeks) then surgery if everything is going well and then radiation...which the doctor is confident will also be able to take care of the spot on my sternum. While this news was amazing...it did keep hitting me that I still do have cancer and that this is a long road ahead of me with no guarantees.
Today I feel great...I feel excited about life and like I can appreciate everything so much more! Tomorrow is head shaving day :) I am surprisingly excited about this....but there might be a few tears as well.
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