NO PROGRESSION!

NO PROGRESSION

The good news yesterday was that my CT scan showed there has been no progression of my lung cancer and the amount of cancer is “very little” according to my doctor. By the way, I don’t know that I have talked much about my doctor in these posts, but in my mind he ranks right up there with the great people I have met during my life. His skill, knowledge and practical approach to medicine are quite impressive. I have included a link to his blog, Onctalk, on my blog and recommend that if you haven’t already done so you should give it a look.

Now don’t get the idea that we have fashioned a “cure”. I still have the cancer, it could start growing again at any time, or it could metastasize to some other part of my body. We are going to maintain an every six weeks monitoring schedule to check its progress. For now, I’m going to enjoy the relief from treatment. Hopefully I will get my heart situation (see previous post "So We Will Wait Awhile) straightened out in the next couple of weeks and when that happens I will be able to get back to exercising and regaining my strength.

MASK REPORT

Several of you have asked about the mask. I have tried it now for the last two nights. The first night I did fall asleep with it and woke up after an hour with a bit of a cough. A cough doesn’t work too well with the mask so I abandoned it and slept pretty well the rest of the night except I think apprehension related to the upcoming CT scan the next day hampered my sleep. Last night, relieved by the scan report, I slept for two hours with the mask. I’m not quite sure why I wanted to get rid of it at that point but I did and I slept really great the rest of the night. So we will keep trying.