More Good News
I had my latest round of scans and chemo earilier this week. And I have some really good news. The tumors are still shrinking. I got a print out of all the results of the stuff they do to me, blood work, liver panels etc. I have no idea what this means but at their largerst size the tumors had a marker size of 24,000 something. Now they have a marker size of 8,000 something.
My doctor even did a happy dance. That was worth the price of admission alone. :grin:
We are having some cooler weather, with the highs in the hig 60′s and low 70′s. It’s causing some pain, but it’s nothing the “baby” pain killers aren’t taking care of. My h ands and my feel have it the worst. I’m constantly in gloves and big thick heavy wool socks so the pain isn’t so bad. (Kathy, I’m having a bad case of chemo brain, what is unexplained pain called? Myopothia? Am I close?)
Otherwise, I feel really good. One of the volunteers we have at the clinic wanted to know who I was with last week. I told her I was with me. She said, “No, who’s your cancer patient?” Once again I told her it was me. She told me I didn’t look sick and that I had such good color she would never have guessed I had cancer. I told her it was stage 4 and that overall I felt pretty good. My side effects are annoying, but not really that bad. I also shared the story I’ve told about when the doctor told me I had cancer. She told me people who have my attitude usually walk out and never come back. She said, “It’s not that they’ve died, they beat the disease, and there’s no need for them to come back to the chemo room.”
One more thing, I told my doctor she had to have me pain free by the 10th. She said, “Well, yeah, you have chemo on the 14th.” I told her it wasn’t that, but I was going to see Robert Randolph and the Family band. They’re playing in Oxford that night, and I was going to the concert. It’s really good to have something to look forward to that doesn’t have anything to do with cancer. I’m still mad at Herman (the original tumor). I’m mad that he invaded my body and my life and even spawned. But I keep thinging about the three fundamental things the clinic practices.
(1.) You do not have to be sick from yuour chemo.
(2.) You do not have to suffer pain
(3.) If there’s something you want to do, go do it. You have a life outside of cancer, live it.
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Susan, this post is totally uplifting. This is fantastic news – I’m so glad for you! :yes:
It is every cancer patients fear that the doctor will come in the door and tell you the medicine isn’t working and they’re going to try something else. As I have said before I believe there is a medicine for every cancer patient. The trick is to find the medicine. I am truely blessed that we have found the medicine for me.
I am also blessed that the side effects are annoying. I have talked to other patients whose side effects are much, MUCH worse than mine. My heart goes out to those people.