As promised, I'm firin' up the blog today with the news I received from the Doctors today. The wait since the end of chemo/radiation has been filled with good days and not so good days. Some skiing and mtn biking, but hardly finished a meal and had some tough times. Those days are now turning to memories and things are looking much more positive. I had friends in town to take me riding and spent the weekend skiing. These weren't my best efforts, but it felt soooo good to be out there getting back to shape. I'm 15 pounds lighter than I was in January, so I got the benefit out of cancer that I was hoping for!!
I know, you're interested in the results I got today. Let's start by giving each of you a standing ovation. Your endless prayers and positive thoughts, through the good Lord, delivered the best news we could have hoped for! My Oncologist, who to this point has been stoic & tight-lipped, couldn't wait to show me the PET images from this morning compared to pre-therapy images. The uptake of nuclear glucose in the tumor was only 10% of what it was in January! Meaning they have effectively reduced the tumor to a small mass! They were very pleased with the results and commented that this was everything they could have expected from the treatment plan. My surgeon will see the results tomorrow and we'll soon have the plans for surgery and with God's help, the end to this challenge.
I'm currently set for surgery on April 1st - go ahead and start with the April Fool's jokes! I've been working them all day long! I'm really looking forward to finishing this process and getting back to good health. My body has recovered nicely and I'm prepared to handle the surgery.
There are simply too many people to thank for the amazing outpouring of love, prayers and involvement through my treatment. So please accept my sincere appreciation - I know you know who you are. But my hero through all of this has been my partner of 24 years - Rose. She has been supportive, determined, sympathetic, spiritually-grounded and my encouragement through this battle. She has kept me focused since the day of my diagnosis and these results are as much hers as mine.
I thank God for listening to your prayers and walking down this road with me. There is still work to be done, but this was a positive step in our battle.
Great news!! I'll let Geno know as we'll be taking a Reno MTB ride later this afternoon. Have a good St Patty's day party and try not to let your leg hair get tangled around anyone's barstool in that skirt you're planning to wear...you know the same one that blows up in your face all the time when you're trying to put!
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