Thursday, October 8, 2009

Great News

   Portland Firefly has some very good news ….. in fact Portland Firefly has some great news to share with everyone!!!

   This week, at my regularly scheduled appointment, my Doctor gave me the option of not having any more Chemo at all or continuing with what is termed ‘maintance Chemotherapy’.    In any event I have at least one month without Chemotherapy to think  about it.   Yea!!!!!

   I was so nauseated last session with just one drug, and every time I have Chemo, the side effects become more intense.  I  am so-o-o-o happy to have the option of not having to put poison into my body for a while.

    Right now I would like to think ~and sometimes I do~ that I am cured.  But intellectually I know the cold hard facts of this horrible cancer and I know that the possibility of recurrence is very real.  The only variable is when…. it decides to come back.   I have put myself on the 7 year (or longer) survival plan.  I would be so happy with seven more years.  But right now I am thrilled with the fact that I’ll most probably definately have the next year!!!

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