So I had my mid-treatment PET scan on Tuesday. This time I had a harder time sitting still. Didn't help that halfway through my hour of silence and no stimulus that they had me get up and move to a much smaller closet and much more uncomfortable chair. So I kept stretching and then immediately saying "shoot!". The scan doesn't bother me at all any more. So they took my pictures and sent me on my way.
Thursday I had chemo and an appointment with Dr. Hancock to go over my results and determine the rest of the treatment plan. So we get to the doctors office and they pulled us (myself, Brandon, my father, and my mother) back and took my weight, blood pressure, and oxygen levels (which they made me sit for a while because it wasn't high enough, so I had to breath for a while to get the levels up...) and then took us to the pediatrics infusion room to meet with Dr. Hancock. He comes in and sits down and goes into how I did with this last round of treatment and so on and so forth... Then he asks if we want to look at my scans. He pulled up the first pet scan and showed us all the active cancer cells that were taking up the radioactive isotopes making them black like the brain, heart, liver, bladder, and kidneys. He then pulled up the second PET scan and the difference between the two was staggering. The second PET scan showed that I have no active cancer cells! HOORAY!
We then talked about my treatment plan. Two more cycles of chemo (4 more times) and because I am stage 2B I may need to do Isolated Radiation Therapy. This kind of radiation has a very low chance of hitting Brest tissue which could cause breast cancer down the road. But that is a very small chance. The doctors just want this to go away and not come back, and the best treatment plan for stage 2B is chemo and then radiation.
After all was said and done I went and got my port accessed and had me some chemotherapy. Fun, fun times. So good news! NO ACTIVE CANCER CELLS!! & HALFWAY THROUGH TREATMENT!!!!
Until I know more!
Emily
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Half Way Point?
Thursday has come and gone and boy am I glad. I am not loving Thursdays anymore. Before this whole cancer fiasco Thursdays were one of my favorite days because I got to go and sing with a bunch of ladies I absolutely adore. Now Thursdays are "Chemo Days" as my mom likes to call them. Anyways, this last chemotherapy treatment was my fourth time going and the end of the second cycle. Hopefully that means I am half way done! HUZZAH!
My father and my sister Jaclyn accompanied me to my appointment. It is very nice to have supportive and loving family who are willing to sit with me during my treatments. I would be so bored without them. My sister in law watched Paisley and Jude along with her 3 wonderful wild ones. I am not sure how she has the energy to do that because it is like having a 5 year old and two sets of twins! All I know is that I love her and I can never repay all of her kindnesses to me.
This chemo treatment seems to me to be the roughest of them all so far. It seemed to take the most out of me. After treatment we picked up my little ones and headed home. Once home my Dad sat with my for a while and played with Paisley and little Jude dude. My dear sweet friend Mackenzie was in town so she stopped by to see me(Man, can I say how loved I feel? I get phone calls, visits, treats, letters and a whole lot more from friends and loved ones. I sure do feel loved). Paisley went home with Grandpa Jones and the next day we had a baptism for me sweet niece Kali June Bug. It was beautiful and Kali June was glowing with the spirit.
April 5th & 6th was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints semi-annual general conference. It is where we all gather and listen to our Prophet and other leaders of the church give us guidance and direct council from the Lord. It was so amazing, like it always is, and I took away quite a bit to implement in my life. One talk has been sticking out to me as I am going through chemotherapy and having a really hard time with nausea and energy. This talk is by President Deiter F. Uchtdorf called "Grateful In Any Circumstance". Here are two videos of it. The top one is a highlight of the talk that is about a minute long and the bottom one it the full 17 minute one. If you have 17 minutes I encourage you to give it a try.
That's all!
Emily!
My father and my sister Jaclyn accompanied me to my appointment. It is very nice to have supportive and loving family who are willing to sit with me during my treatments. I would be so bored without them. My sister in law watched Paisley and Jude along with her 3 wonderful wild ones. I am not sure how she has the energy to do that because it is like having a 5 year old and two sets of twins! All I know is that I love her and I can never repay all of her kindnesses to me.
This chemo treatment seems to me to be the roughest of them all so far. It seemed to take the most out of me. After treatment we picked up my little ones and headed home. Once home my Dad sat with my for a while and played with Paisley and little Jude dude. My dear sweet friend Mackenzie was in town so she stopped by to see me(Man, can I say how loved I feel? I get phone calls, visits, treats, letters and a whole lot more from friends and loved ones. I sure do feel loved). Paisley went home with Grandpa Jones and the next day we had a baptism for me sweet niece Kali June Bug. It was beautiful and Kali June was glowing with the spirit.
April 5th & 6th was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints semi-annual general conference. It is where we all gather and listen to our Prophet and other leaders of the church give us guidance and direct council from the Lord. It was so amazing, like it always is, and I took away quite a bit to implement in my life. One talk has been sticking out to me as I am going through chemotherapy and having a really hard time with nausea and energy. This talk is by President Deiter F. Uchtdorf called "Grateful In Any Circumstance". Here are two videos of it. The top one is a highlight of the talk that is about a minute long and the bottom one it the full 17 minute one. If you have 17 minutes I encourage you to give it a try.
That's all!
Emily!
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