Boring Update

There isn’t much of an update, but it has been a while so I figured I should post something. 

I was on a Mississippi Riverboat cruise with mom, Aunt Toni and Aunt Phyllis as well as the rest of the Broadalbin seniors for 8 days. I arrived home exhausted and with a head cold Monday evening after 12 hours of travel convinced my bloodwork was going to be in the tank on Tuesday. Unfortunately I also tested positive for Covid Tuesday morning so then I was worried I wouldn’t be allowed to get my bloodwork done. But, they have Covid protocols and I was allowed in the hospital. Shockingly, my bloodwork came back good so I stayed on the 600mg medication. Good news!

My brain MRI was delayed a month which is disappointing, but that’s just to make sure the skull rads did the job. I think my bald head is evidence that it worked.

Oh, my bloodwork also showed that my tumor markers are on a steady decline. Excellent news.

That’s about all that is going on. I’ll take it!!

My next update probably won’t be until mid-April. My first scans since treatment began are on 4/10 and I’ll be meeting with the oncologist on 4/18 to review the results. I’ve already been warned that the first scans won’t tell the whole story and could actually show my bones ‘lighting up’ which is typically bad, but normal on this medication as it attacks the cancer.

This certainly is a mental game as much as a physical one. So far I’m still out there living and loving life so I’m winning.