Even better than I thought

Sometimes life throws you curveballs, and you get to hit 'em out of the park!

I got good news from my doctor earlier this week. I had bone and CT scans, and he called to tell me they showed the cancer is either stable or responding. I guess I didn't listen closely enough, because it's better than it sounds. But let me start near the beginning. . .

When the bone scan was complete and I was still laying on the very uncomfortable machine, the tech asked me, "Are you in any pain?" No, I told him.
So he left the room for a minute, came back and asked, "Have you had any falls or accidents lately?" No, I said again, knowing he wouldn't tell me--lab techs never do--but I asked anyway, Why?
"Oh, the doctor just wants to get a history," he said evasively. All he really did was make me very nervous because I've had this done 5 or 6 times now and never had these questions. What does he see, I wondered. I knew he wouldn't tell me--lab techs never will. And I couldn't look at the scan myself because the inconsiderate guy closed it on his computer screen!

So when Dr. Lewis called, basically all I heard was "The bone scan is negative. They saw a contusion on your right hip. They concluded it's a bruise, not cancer that's spread to the bone, la la la. La la la la la. Good news"

Today, I got the actual lab write-ups from both scans. The bone scan is just as Dr. Lewis described--negative! Now the CT scan, on the other hand. . . woo-hoo!!!! There's a small mass in my left chest wall that's shrunk by about a third. I have some liver lesions that have not shrunk in size, but appear to be dying off from the inside ("necrosis"--a lovely medical term), and no new ones. There were nodules in my lungs that have "almost completely resolved." That's "near complete resolution." Again, that's "ALMOST GONE." And no new ones.

This is the best news I've had since last August. The therapy is working, I'm feeling good, and I'm on the right path. I have too many items on my To-Do list that are not yet crossed off, too many big questions still unanswered. I got a lot of work to do. . . BelieDat!

Word for the day:
floordrobe: n. A form of storage for clothing which requires no hangers, drawers, doors or effort. Simply drop on the floor and you have a floordrobe

I currently have one of these. Actually it's more of a top-of-dresserdrobe or still-in-laundry-bagdrobe. . .but you get the idea. Just one form of organized chaos.