I can't believe that I am sitting down today, the day after I got the latest test results, updating my blog. This never happens! I figured you have waited long enough, goodness sake my last entry was over a month ago. Proof that I am no blogger.
I had a bone and CT scan this week and when I met with the doctor yesterday he said there were no new tumors! Hooray! The CT came back fine with just the tumor in my breast, but the bone scan is more difficult to read because cancer in the bone and healed bone from cancer look exactly the same. The good news is that there were no new spots on the bone scan (except for a possible broken toe due to my fight with the coffee table...). My back is probably 95% better which is a fairly accurate indicator that the cancer is no longer there. Believe me, if there was another spot in my bones, I'd feel it.
The tumor in my breast is about the same size if not smaller than before. The measurement is not very accurate from a CT, but we're pretty sure it is not any bigger. I will continue taking tamoxifen and going in for infusion once every few months for zomeda, the bone strengthener. Like I have mentioned before, compared with chemotherapy, I hardly feel any side effects from the tamoxifen and zomeda. My energy level has not fully recovered, but I have been working out, hiking and most importantly throwing the nieces and nephews around without inuring myself.
Several people asked me if I was nervous for these test results, and my answer was, "no." Since I was diagnosed with cancer, I have had certain impressions about what would happen. I have been following my gut feeling all along and so far it has been pretty accurate. I didn't feel any stress or worry going in this week, but rather a peaceful feeling that everything was going as it should and that things would be ok. I think the worst of it is over for the time being. Sure it might come back down the road, but I feel that for now it is under control. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers! My testimony of prayers has grown significantly these past months largely because I have been the recipient of so much faith and prayers of others. I have been lifted up and supported by so many people and the only way I know to thank you all is to pay it forward by treating others as you have treated me. I guess that is how it should be, cancer or not. We are God's hands here on earth and should always be taking care of each other, it just took cancer for me to realize that.
