A Good Day

It was a busy day, stating off with yet another test to see if my cancer has metastasized (which I understand is common with my type of cancer). Mayo works fast. My doctor already had the test results at my 11:00 appointment. The good news…it has NOT metastasized! What a huge relief!!! They did find an additional small (very small) tumor in one of the lymph nodes, but it is still considered “localized” -which means it will be treated without any changes to my current treatment plan.

Second piece of good news today….I don’t need to have an IV port implanted In my chest for my chemo. They feel they can administer the chemo through a regular IV in the arm. Another huge relief!!!

As I mentioned in an earlier blog - today was my first radiation treatment. I was nervous and scared, not knowing what to expect. The actual radiation was painless (we’ll see what the side effects bring), but for some reason I felt emotional afterwards when relaying the process to Jon. Not sure why…maybe it was because of all the emotional build up of getting my treatment started. Only 24 more radiation sessions left!