Stage IV Good News

I had an appointment with my oncologist today to get the results of last week's CT scan. While we met with the nurse to go over the health questions, I became teary in anticipation of seeing the doctor. When my oncologist walked in the first thing she said was, "the scan looks good."

I asked her about recurrence percentages and she simply said that of those that recur, most do so in the first two years. So, I have made a major milestone in my illness. I have now been NED for two years. My doctor had a big smile on her face, as did I, when I left the room. My CEA came back one of the lowest that it has been (down to 2.1 from a high of 318) so I was also very happy about that.

It seems as if most days there is some type of bad news on the board. I always wonder if it's the right thing to post good news but I remind myself how happy I feel when others post good news, so I decided to share.

You can click on my username for the complete history of my treatments but the basics are that I was diagnosed with Stage IV in November 2008 due to the discovery of the cancer during a planned c-section. My daughter Katherine has been an angel to me in many ways and I feel blessed to be her mother. When our oldest was born I was back a work at 3 weeks. When the second was born I was back at work in 6 weeks. My job had been very stressful and i had to travel constantly. I actually visited 48 of the 50 states as well as a number of other countries (including New Zealand) for my job. The lining of this cloud has been that I have been home with our children.

I exercise everyday and I juice as well. The rest of my time I am busy shuttling our two older children to various activities and trying to keep some semblance of order in our messy house. The laundry never ends....


I cherish each day.

Love to you all,
Amy