Oh Happy Day

Wow this has been such a big day for me. Had blood work earlier this month and then had a CT scan on October 15. This six month scan is always so scary for me as this will tell if the cancer has come back. Waiting from October 15 until today which is the 27th to go to the oncologist and get the results has set me in panic attacks. I have been taking Atavin to help calm my nerves but it still doesn't help much.

Saw Dr. today and she said that the CT scan came back perfectly clean. They did note that I had a hernia which I never new about so I guess if it gets worse I need more surgery, but many people live with these so far so good.

Low Red and White count and my lymphocyte level is low. She wanted to take a blood test and test me for lupus or HIV, but I asked her if this was really necessary because she said that all this was normal before chemo and this is a chemo induced effect. I just didn't want any more tests if this wasn't necessary but I did ask once more. "If you think that I need this than I will." She said no that's ok. All other blood levels are perfect. Kidneys, sugar levels, liver, and CEA (cancer marker) is all such in the normal range - yipeeeeee.

She looked at my history of when I was diagnosed, surgery and procedures I had done. Knew of my recent colonoscopy and noted that that was normal and even mentioned that I would only need one every three years, but I told her that Dr. Lee (surgeon) said to come back in December. Guess I'll discuss that with him then because I'm not sure about the frequency of colonoscopy's with my case.

Good news is that she said that I only need to see her every six months now instead of three and I asked about the blood tests and she said "no only six months now." I was so excited. Then the better news "you only have to do the CT scans every year now. If you would prefer, you don't have to do any more scans if you don't want." My mouth just dropped and looked at Walt (husband) and wanted to give him a "high five". I told her I would prefer a yearly scan and do the chest, abdomen, and pelvic. And she agreed with that.

I'm still having neuropathy in hands and feet which I'm still taking medicine for. Don't know if it will ever get better. But I'm learning to live with it. Just sometimes feel that the feet will give out because I can't feel them all the time.

Bathroom issues are still an issue. This is something that I take one day at a time. I try to make every event that our children have scheduled, but some days are worse than others. But I'm happy that most events I can make. This is really hard on me as I'm sometimes tied to being home. Dr. Lee (surgeon) said it could take 2 or more years, and I'm willing to wait.

Most of all, I'm still NED and I'm one happy camper.

Doing the naked happy dance - oh tomorrow - I've been too stressed today to wait for the news and I'm just not in the mood. Oh hubby is going to like tomorrow

Thank you all for your prayers and good vibes

Kim