Health update December 22, 2023

 Been a little while since I posted one of these.

So, I had a scan on December 20, and got the results of the scan on the 21st.  The good news is that there is no sign of active cancer.  I do have a few things that are sort of secondary to the cancer that I'm dealing with, but everything seems easy to handle when the doctor tells you there's no sign of cancer.

I'll probably have a procedure or two over the coming months to deal with the perpetual fluid buildup in my right pleural space, and I need to start some physical therapy to deal with some of the injuries and insults my spine has taken over the last two and a half years, but overall my family and I have been given the best Christmas gift of all, more time!

So Happy Holidays to everyone!

Health update 07/08/2023

 This will be a short update.  I had an MRI the beginning of June, and a PET scan the end of June.  Both of them show that I am clean of active cancer.  So I will be staying on Tagrisso for at least another 3 months, when we'll do the scan dance all over again.  So, good news & I continue on!

A 2nd Anniversary

 Well now, on April 27, 2023 it will have been 2 years since I was officially diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer.  I wasn't all that up for celebrating a year ago on the 1st anniversary of my diagnosis, but this time I'm a little more celebratory.  Or at least, happy to have another year gone as I live with this lovely disease.  As you may recall, initially I wasn't sure I would make it a year.  So to make it two years still in relatively good health and still taking Tagrisso as my main treatment feels pretty good.  There have been ups and downs, good days and bad days, hell good weeks and bad weeks, but overall I'm still doing pretty well.  The treatment is not without its downsides, but its still significantly more tolerable than most chemo regimes are.

So here's hoping I get many more years out of my current treatment regime!