Not too much to report as things have slowed down here a bit due to the holiday and the general sense of nausea that now covers my life.
Ooooh actually, I do have three things of good news:
- the PET/CT showed no cancer below the diaphragm (super awesome news)
- the dreaded bone marrow biopsy came back negative for cancer (even better news, I guess it was all totally worth it)
- my labs from this week showed that my body is stabilizing itself well enough to the chemo and isn't flooding my system with more than it can process
In other news, M left today which is a bit bittersweet, one part sad because that means I have one less person to take care of me :) (which I apparently need a lot of these days) and the other part glad because that means she is comfortable enough that I can semi-handle this thing by myself.
The past few days I have been back on the roller coaster: how foolish of me to think that the ride was over! Each day has its ups and downs: I feel great and am ready to go out for the day and then all of a sudden I get smacked upside the head with utter exhaustion! For the past few days, I keep asking myself, HOW AM I GOING TO LIVE MY LIFE WITH THIS STUPID TUMOR!
B said to me today something very wise, "T, you have to stop looking at this as if it's a sprint. This is a marathon where things will come and go everyday and each day will have its ups and downs." I think I have to keep reminding myself of this because trying to fight the battle day to day is exhausting - especially when you're not sleeping at night!!
Not much else to report, B is making a mean looking pecan snapper for dinner so I am going to sign off.
xoxox
T
hip-hip-hooray!! that is super awesome news!!! so happy to hear your body is taking the treatments well too. yes, t, this is a marathon, and you will find out you're stronger than you ever knew. i am behind you every step of the way. blasting the treehouse song!!!!!! xx cher
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