Day 43 and scan

I am sitting in chemo and currently the only one here. Although I was scheduled to come in at 1pm, they called around 830am and asked that I come in as early as possible. I'm on the last bag that is only extra hydration and I have about an hour to go. I'm more than willing to get through this last hour as I believe it will really help me.

Yesterday marked the half way point of the treatment and I had a ton to say. I really wanted to get on the computer and talk with everyone as this whole experience has been unbelievable in both good and bad ways. Obviously, i never made it and, depending on how I feel this week, will try and catch up later. Jen went to see the Dr this morning and she has Strep throat and she was down most of Sunday and today. I drove to treatment today and will get myself home and am lucky that it is early in the week and I can do this. By thursday or friday, I would not be able to make the drive. Last time i drove on a thursday, i busted through the garage door. I'm going to stop and get Jen prescription on the way home and hope she will be better soon.

I have not had the chance to see Reznick today so I asked the Nurse (i will not name her so she does not get in trouble) about my scans and she pulled the paperwork. She told me that Reznick will go over it with me on Friday. Although I am not an M.D., I was able to see that the node has shrunk to 8mm x 9mm and is back to normal size and the lung scan noted that the sizes of the tumors are much smaller although still present. One of the made measured 1.1 cm and it was now down to 4mm. I believe this is good news and will know more when I talk with Reznick on Friday.

At one point I stopped acknowledging how many days are left and now, since the number is less than the current day, it seems important again.

41 days to go.....


Sam Williams