Update…

Saw Dr. M Thursday…he said my blood work was looking good and decreased my steroids from 10mg to 5mg a day…I am ALMOST free of steroids for the first time in MONTHS! I’m just a little bit exciting about that…I talked to him about the statistics on reoccurrence, and he said there is a 40% chance of the cancer coming back, and with how aggressive mine was that percentage is increased…he also said that if it does come back it is usually within the first two years (even though they closely follow things for 5 years)…I’m glad to know that chances of it coming back…it helps me process things better…the more I know the better I feel…My first radiation appointment was not as bad as I thought it was going to be…and I have been able to rig the hospital gown so I am not having to lay there ALL exposed and stuff so that has been nice…Monday will be my 5th of 17 treatments and I am already tired of having to go there EVERY single stinking day…next week will be harder because I have to work every night and still get to radiation at 3:30 everyday…I am going to be dragging for sure…This week I found a plastic container drawer thing and put all my cancer ‘memorabilia’ in it…I’m glad to be able to put it away…I will never, nor do I want to, forget this past year…but it was nice to box things up…when I was getting my blood taken I asked the technician for some of the vials they use to collect the blood, I thought will all the blood they’ve taken it would be nice to keep a few of those in the box as well…luckily the women didn’t think it was too strange an idea…I’m so achy and tired…maybe I am getting a cold or something because my head kind of feels stuffed up…it is noon, I have only been up for three hours and I am ready for a nap…