It's Getting Better All the Time!

Good news today at the oncology center! My doctor cannot feel any evidence of the tumor.  He will not order a diagnostic scan now since any remaining cancer cells should be eliminated by the radiation treatments.  My lymphocytes are back to normal and I can discontinue the support medications I was taking three times daily.  I can go out in public shaking hands and kissing babies.  I can eat popcorn now without the risk of mouth sores, but it will be hard to enjoy until butter tastes like butter again.

One of the best things about today--I got the PICC line removed! I couldn't look as they pulled the twenty inch catheter out through my biceps muscle.  It is such a relief not worrying about lifting my arm too high or snagging the tubes dangling out of my arm.  If this sounds too graphic, be grateful I haven't posted pictures!

And there was more good news about my arm with the blood clot. It is no longer painful and the doctor will reduce my intake of anti-coagulants from six months to three months.  I also get to reduce my visits to the lab for blood draws from once a week to twice per month.  I asked the doctor if I would be able to do one arm push-ups when the treatment is over.  He said "Sure".  I said that's great because I never could before.