Health Update #18: Limbo
Greg and I escorting Betty to the clinic. Photobomb by NASA. It's been a while since I last posted because it feels like there's no real news yet. My fourth and hopefully final chemo session, according to the initial treatment plan, was on July 24th. I didn't ring the bell ( IYKYK ) because it didn't really feel like a major milestone yet. The CT scan, as I said in the last post, was promising -- the tumor in my lung has shrunk and has cavities, which the oncologist says is evidence that the cancer cells inside have died. He described it as a house without people in it -- it eventually deteriorates and collapses in on itself. There was no evidence of spread to lymph nodes or other organs. I still have to wait 3-4 weeks for the PET scan to make sure and the next appointment with the oncologist to go over the results on September 8, but all indications are that we are beating Stage IV cancer into remission. Pretty amazing, really. My oncologist admitted that I'm likel...