to know you're alive! ~Mr. Rogers This quote just seems very appropriate.
On Wednesday of this week I had my half yearly scans which include a PET and CT scan to let me know how they chemo and radiation are handling things. I've been kind of quiet about all of this because it has been weighing heavy on my mind since my last scans back in June which let me know I was in remission from Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Well good news my scan are showing everything is still in the clear and I am still in remission!
I started calling today which would be the earliest I could possibly have the results back. I have to say my oncologist doctor and nurses are just wonderful people who always help me out. I will have my follow up appointment Monday to let me know when my next scans will be which will probably a longer time in between. So this is for sure a good thing.
You know at the very beginning of all this I know I mentioned the quote the elderly man who greets you when you walk in the door at Walmart told me to "have a great day and even better tomorrow". This is something throughout this whole process I have remembered. Well tonight he was at the greeter this evening at the door and as I was leaving he said this again to me. I stopped and said to him "you know about a year ago you said that to me and it meant a lot, I was diagnosed with cancer and those words have stayed with me" He smiled and was very much happy I told him this. We talked for a few minutes about how his words do impact people and I just told him thank you. He also told me his granddaughter had been diagnosed with Leukemia 5 years earlier. Cancer affects us all, young and old and everyone in between. Sad reality.
So on to the next chapter and we'll see what is ahead. I love that I can think about the future and know that I have these scan to prove that I am healthy. So yes I had cancer, I am moving forward and so very thankful for that opportunity. So a sigh of relief, a very long over due sigh or relief.
No comments:
Post a Comment