Friday, August 8, 2014

It’s been a crazy and stressful couple of weeks. Brain MRI re-take showed no change. The most frustrating part is that they still aren’t sure if the growth is a tumor or scar tissue. They did see there’s a vein going through it and not sure is that what’s causing it to show up. My doc actually went across the street to another U of C hospital to consult with the top radiation neurologist and he also was unsure of what was happening. So the consensus between the two was to re-check it the end of September. My doc seemed happy with the results so I have to have trust in him.

Last week I had my CT re-take. Scan showed no change and everything was going great until the doc mentioned it was cancer. WHAT!!!! Last CT I was told that they weren’t sure what it was and could just be an infection. We went from that to cancer. AAARRR – see why I get so frustrated with communications??? Regardless, she wasn’t too concerned and thought the scan was good. Another CT scheduled for September also to make sure it stays stable.

Next was chemo and as soon as I walked into the area that I was immediately assigned a chair and nurse. Seems my message had gone a little higher and I was “fast tracked”. I think it was the shortest I was in chemo yet EXCEPT (notice there always is an except) they forgot to order the injection I get for the bone cancer and had to sit 30 minutes before it came. Oh well, they tried…

There was one funny event that happened before chemo and doc appointment. I had to go for an ECHO. As I lay on the table the tech asked me to move up a bit. As I lifted up to scoot up she reached over me and misjudged the distance between me and whatever she was reaching for and punched me right in the nose. OUCH! You should have seen her face. I looked at her and started laughing. I didn’t know what else to do. It wasn’t like she did it on purpose.

Well, until I have more to say stay happy and Keep on Dancin’!