Scan Results

Waiting for the results of the CAT scan today I was a bundle of nerves. At 3pm we went to Martha Jeff and waited like what seemed for hours.

Finally the nurse came in to take my blood sample and joke. Funny, but I've been a little focused on all the bad and scary things involved with having this disease. Talking to the nurse put things in perspective - her mother and husband both had in the past year been diagnosed with cancer. Her mother is a terminal inoperable case; I'm not sure about her husband. That put things into perspective.

At any rate, the nurse practitioner came in and gave me the news. It seems that the scan determined that I am not feline. just kidding... (Yes, more CAT scan jokes)

The results of the secondary scan, as compared to my initial CAT and PET scans show that nearly all of the major visible tumors have shrunk. The primary mediasteinal tumor (the big one in my chest) has shrunk by over 1/2. There's no good info on the bone tumors since they don't really show up on these kind of scans. But all in all, it seems like great news.

I don't want to get too excited yet, but the early results seem good. This kind of news will carry me into tomorrow's treatment with a little more spring in my step... I need that spring :)