96. Chemo Back from the Brink?

Last week was full of medical appointments, but the week turned out much better than I had ever hoped!  On Tuesday I had lab work done so the results would be available for the Thursday appointment with my oncologist.  If you go early enough in the day, the results will be available on-line by supper time.  Nifty or what?  Apart from a couple of still worrisome numbers, the rest were fine, and it seems that the CEA level is trending downward, which is most encouraging of all! Wednesday we drove up to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon for a PET/CT scan, the ultimate in scans.  I was a bit apprehensive about the ordeal.  The prep time takes the longest however, and the scan itself lasts roughly 20 minutes.  That's do-able if you are claustrophobic like me.  I was worried that I might have to wait a long time for the results of the PET/CT scan, but my oncologist had the report in hand the next day already.  I was impressed.  Even more impressive were the results.  No active cancer was found (at the moment), so I am cautiously optimistic 🙏 🙏🙏YEAH!!!  Perhaps you recall that I had an ultrasound in preparation for a liver radiofrequency ablation procedure not long ago.  And that the radiologist could not find the tumor.  Nothing showed up on the ultrasound in the location where it was supposed to be.  Maybe that's why?

I will be monitored for a while yet: at the end of July, I will have another ultrasound and an MRI later on.  I may be back from the brink...I think.  Let's stay optimistic anyway! 😊

Song:  "I'm a survivor" by Lacy J. Dalton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXmIl0-QaPw