holidays approaching...

Hello everyone,

Kathy nudged me into posting..(thank you for the message!)

I have been neglectful. I promised to post after my last doctor's appointment and didn't do it. Well, to be honest, I didn't have all that much fun at the doctor's and wasn't really feeling in a rush to share it. I am a bit in a holding pattern at this moment, going to work and temporarily putting these issues aside, although this mini-vacation from it all can't last too long. I need the break, though. I am finally feeling better and more like my old self (more than 2 months out from my last chemo). I am going to work and even will be away on a business trip to Canada next week.

I also don't want to write the full story here, right now. Everyone is thinking about Thanksgiving and good family time and I want to, too. Nothing is happening in the next couple of weeks, so the details will hold.

The short version is: the PET/CT scan still shows the 2 masses in my abdomen as lighting up, which means they are likely still active disease. There's a possibility that they are inflamed tissue.

Either way, general consensus is that the disease is not completely gone and that it will come back. (One doctor said "not a question of if, but when").

Options include radiation therapy (although not likely curative), a bone marrow transplant, or other clinical trial investigations if I can find something that suits my case.

At the moment I have an appointment to see the radiation oncologist on Dec 6th, and a followup PET/CT on December 20th. I see my regular oncologist again in the beginning of January. Unless I decide to take some other action.

I have a few links and other info which I will post somewhere in the next couple of weeks for more information.

For now - enjoy your Thanksgiving! I am thankful for all the love and support I have received over this trying year. I hope you have a wonderful time with your loved ones this season.



For Staci



For Kelly




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