Ok, so I realize I haven't update in a while so here we go... the Christmas season and the New Year have been wonderful times with family and friends. My health has been very good and I have felt mostly like my normal self, other than being thin with no fat layer for warmth during these cold day. Some days I actually forgot that I was fighting cancer.
After the last chemotherapy, the neupogen shots did their job and kept my blood numbers where they should be and even improving, so I really can't complain. With the good numbers we were able to travel a little bit and see both sides of our family during the Christmas break. It was great.
The day after Christmas I went in for another PET scan. They did one before my treatment began and now that I am halfway through the rounds of chemo they do one to see how the treatment is affecting me. I met with my oncologist a week after the scan and the word he used to describe his reaction to my PET scan was "ecstatic". Now that is something I like to hear from my cancer doc. The tumors in my abdomen are nearly half the size of when we began and all the other lymph nodes that were swollen in my body have reduced "considerably" in size (i.e. one in my chest was 3.5 centimeters is not only 1.1 centimeters). Praise the Lord!
I am so grateful the the Lord for what he is doing through the prayers of his saints and the medical staff treating me. I am truly blessed to have so many who care about me.
Thank You! Thank You! for your prayers. The Lord is teaching me much during this time.
Chemo number four begins in the morning!
So thankful and give Him praise and glory.
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