Pet Scan

Hello again,
War weary from the last chemo, but still running!
This last chemo took a greater toll than the others, much more weakness and fatigue, more serious lesions in the mouth, nausea, etc. etc. BUT I'm finally climbing out of the hole and starting to feel human again.
I had a PET scan done on the 19th. We got the results on the 21st, the date of my next chemo, and I am happy to say the results were good! There was no further growth of cancer cells and Dr. Constantinou informed us that the chemo treatments can be reduced to 6 instead of 8 or 9. That means my last one will be 11th of June! Big Lake here we come! We hope to spend July there, at least.
I will need to return to Quad cities for a check in 4 months and continue those checks on a 4 to 6 month basis.
I was relieved that I won't have to have the last two or three chemos as they seem to get harder on your body, the more you have.
Lynne and Jamie and girls will be visiting the last of June as well as granddaughter Tiffany who is coming from Switzerland to visit. We will be making the trek home after that.
Because I have two kinds of Lymphoma, follicular lymphoma which transformed into diffuse (fast growing) B cell lymphoma I will need to continually do follow up physicals and tests as the follicular lymphoma cells could transform once again, but we can deal with that!
Sooo, things are finally looking up here in the Quad Cities and we are looking forward to grandson Nick's high school graduation this next week.
Thanks for being patient with my lack of postings. It is difficult for me to get my head together and the energy to do the posts after the chemo treatments. Once I start feeling better it's much easier.
Bless you all!
Fran

Back Again

I'm finally getting back to (sort of) normal after my last chemo on the 30th of April. All of you who will read this, thanks for sticking with me!
I have another PET scan scheduled for the 19th. It should show whether the Chemo is working or at least how well it is working. We are hoping for the best, but must accept and deal with whatever happens.
The weather here in Moline is getting warm which makes me long for a visit to Big Lake. We miss the lake and all our friends there. Hopefully we will be able to travel there before the snow flies again.
We are still contemplating finding a place to winter here in Moline near our doctors. Not a good time to sell but maybe a good time to buy?
Jim is busy working on another solar heating device. It keeps him busy, which as you all know, he needs to be.
The household here is preparing for Nick's graduation in June. He'll be off to college in August.
Happy Mother's Day to all you Mothers and happy birthday to my special Mother's Day gift 52 years ago, Dr. Jim.
Thanks again for all your patience and kind attention and cards and phone calls and books. All are SO appreciated.
Love, Fran