Well, as it is every 2-3 months, the anxiety and stress elevates as we wonder what fate my body has in store.

So here we go!

Like last time, it is a bit of a mixed bag but definitely more on the good news side!  All liver lesions and lymphnodes have shrunk. I don’t have the report and they didn’t tell me by how much, but there was one measurement on my chest lymphnode that went from 1cm to 7mm. So I am extrapolating that we saw a 30% reduction in disease across the board. So all this is SUPER positive. I wish it stopped here though.

The downside is there appears to be some sort of fluid build up/mass at my first colorectal surgery site in my pelvis. It measures 4x4x10 cm, but the kicker is that they don’t actually know what it is. On the report it says suspicious for disease and call it a local recurrence. However, two radiologists and a couple of oncologists have looked at it and actually don’t know what it is. I have no symptoms from it so we are going to push forward with chemo next week and I will go for a PET scan to see what this is. It is strange that this did not appear on my last scan and it is that size in two months. So I am going with this is just a side effect of chemotherapy and will clear up on its own. If it is disease, at least I won’t have to worry about it metastasizing to my liver! 🙂

Overall, I am pretty stoked about the news. I did ask my oncologist about chemo and when the disease becomes resistant to a particular drug. He said on average chemo works for about 8 months before we need to switch it up or try something different. So as long as this colon mass doesn’t come to light, I feel I have gotten so more time on this planet.  We did not really discuss options on this new mass as until we know, we aren’t going to worry about it. (I will still worry and wonder, but to a lesser degree.)

Spending a few days in Vancouver with my mom and dad, Renee and Audrey. Wanted some positive distraction while we waited for the news. Going to take the boat across to Granville Island today and then to the aquarium tomorrow. Feels good to not get devastating news for once and of course be on a little holiday. I may even have a beer this weekend to celebrate this small and hopefully not brief victory!

Dan