september 4

It’s the big day…for a couple reasons. 1) it’s time to make the jump from Monday to a Friday start.  Only 4 days off chemo. But let’s finish this thing. 

2)And, I got a call yesterday. My hereditary colorectal cancer test results were in…so we would review the results at my appt. 

No need to drag it out.  I DO NOT have lynch syndrome.  Or the genetic mutation that would cause me to have a hysterectomy and most likely get another form of cancer in the next 10-15 years.  The test was negative!!! 

Since life moves so fast, let’s take a minute to enjoy this and thank God for answered prayers.

Ok, minute over.  You know when you get good news but the person giving you the news isn’t on the party bandwagon?  That is how this felt.  The specialist just had this distraught look in her eyes.  I questioned, can the test be wrong? She responded, “no.” So this is good news??!  Right?  

She just seemed to be very concerned with my age and cancer diagnosis. And it came down to that I need to be closely screened (blood work and ct scans every 3-6 months) for several years.  Well, I’m sure health insurance will love me!! And I need to be my own health advocate. And pay close attention to my body for signs of uterin cancer, etc.  

(Now you know why you only got a minute to celebrate with me) 

But…on to my 11th round of treatment, let’s do this!  94 platelets!!  Wahoo!  Since my dr was out of the office, my check up was with the geneticist.  She laughed that someone my age would 1) know about platelets and 2) be excited to have so few. I said, honey, I’ve been down to 50!  So this is great news!  Weight was 122. 

My sister, Angie, joined me for the appt and one of my best childhood friends, Holly, came to the appt and stick around for treatment and to bring me home. 

We actually had a fun day! Considering our environment. We were so busy catching up, we didn’t even notice the nurse hook up the chemo bag!  Some dry heaving and a tingly tongue brought us back to reality, but overal, it was an ok day. I even danced for the people on my way out, letting everyone know that I would only be back once and then they would never see me again!!! (Wishful thinking! And hey- they don’t know I’m moving) 

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