THE PLAN FOR NEXT WEEK

Yes I am still daydreaming about another vacation

(that was Sandy Spit Island, BVI)......

OFFICIAL PLAN FOR NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY 8:45am – Shot

TUESDAY 8:45am – Shot

WEDNESDAY 7:30am – Radioactive Iodine Pill

FRIDAY 8:30am – Full Body Scan

The shot is something new in the past few years, this will prevent me from having to stop my medication (they used to stop it 5 weeks prior to test) and so I won't get so sick! HURRAY FOR MODERN MEDICINE!! Before you would have to stop the medicine so there would be NO iodine processing what so ever in the body. That way when you take the radioactive iodine PILL it goes IMMEDIATELY to the thyroid which does all of your iodine processing and then the radiation goes directly to the cancer (the glow on the scan) and so it was more potent. Now, they give you a shot that does the same thing but you no longer have to get off the medication so I won't be a HUGE nauseous slug! YAY!!!

Here are updates on the other 2 issues:

METAL OBJECT: No new news! I get asked every 10 minutes what the latest is and I swear you will know when I do!! :-) I also keep getting asked if I am going to file a lawsuit. Some of you know when I was 17 years old I was very close to losing my leg (staph & gangrene) from a negligent doctor who decided to give me a 8 inch 3rd degree burn while cutting off a cast. That was a VERY difficult time and I ended up settling out of court a year after it started due to the stress. So, quite honestly unless it is threatening my life it doesn't really upset me or phase me that much. I have worked in surgery for 12 years and I have more compassion for the surgeon that most people I guess, it wasn't on purpose and it is so minor (well as far as I know) so at this point I really am not thinking about it. :-) If for some reason it does turn into me having another surgery and/or compromising my health then it will be considered, but it will be a very hard decision to make after what I have experienced in the past.

PNEUMONIA: I had about 3 hours of misery on Thursday and then I seemed to be doing very well with just he occasional bout of feeling feverish and heavy chested. Then I woke up this morning all congested. ICK! But I still feel it was caught so early that it will be over before it gets too bad. :-)

HERE IS SOME EXCITING NEWS!!!! Yesterday on my way home from work something REALLY big hit me. I think I didn't realize it before due to the news about the metal object & pneumonia..... THERE WERE NO NODULES REPORTED ON THE ULTRASOUND!! What that means is NO TUMORS!!! BUT..... all 9 of my tumors were between .7 to 1.5 mm (anything above 1mm is of concern) and there is a COMPLEX structure measuring 9.8mm on the right side of my throat. At this point my guess and after reading the report is that it is the calcium build up from my body rejecting the metal object (it is in the same area). So, this POTENTIALLY could mean that the radiation actually DID work and my tumors all shrank and went off into oblivion! COOL STUFF!!! Of course nothign is official unitl the doctor confirms it!! I will know more after all my testing is done. See... there is always a POSITIVE!!! :-)

I am really excited, I have decided on a name for the cancer research fund! STAY TUNED!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!