At 18 months

This last Monday I had my "18 month" CT scan and it came back clear.

Of course there is a little more to the story. We had gone on vacation for a week to DC. Did a lot of walking to see the various memorials and museums. We returned on a Thur. Sat I got up and my stomach felt a little odd. Did a few things and then ate lunch. Three hours later I threw up everything I had eaten The area right near the belly button felt achy so I laid down for a while. Every so often I would get a sharp pain and it would quickly go away. After several hours of this I decided it was time to head to the ER. After a few test the verdict was a bowel blockage. It was at the site of the perforated bowel resection I had 2 years ago after the first chemo. Treatment was no food and rest with a saline drip for 48 hours. That did the trick and my system cleared the blockage.

They called in the surgeon that had done the original surgery. He told me that this is not unusual and that he has seen it happen in the first year after such surgery or 20 years after. Part of the cause could be the scar tissue at the site of the resection. Naturally I keep thinking about what I ate the day before and if I drank enough water. Also do I do any activty that could have irratated the bowel. I can't come up with anything that was different than usual. 

So the Drs (my primary was also involved) decided to keep me there for a few days to see if the blockage would go away on its own but my CT scan that was schedule for Monday had to be cancelled. Very early Monday morning (like 4 am) they did an in-room x-ray. About 9 the dr comes in to say the blockage was gone and they wold get my CT scan resheduled for later in the day. At 1 pm I was taken in for the scan. About 2 hours later the nurse comes in with the test results that said there was no evidence of disease. I was relieved because my cancer was originally found when and enlarged node caused some bowel problems. 

Enough excitment for a while.