So I got some amazing news last week! I had my PET/CT scan the week before, and felt pretty good about it. This is the first scan I've had since having the heavy chemo and the transplant and everything, so we were all anxious to find out if it was a success. I hadn't been feeling any pains or feeling sick ever, so like I said, I felt pretty good about it, but still a tad nervous.The results couldn't have been better! There was no sign of cancerous lymph nodes in my body! There were 2 nodes still larger than normal, but they said this is usually just scar tissue and happens to most Hodgekin's patients. I'll have another scan in December just to be sure. They don't like to use the word "cured" until about 5 years of clean scans she said, so technically you would say I am in remission.
It's kind of a weird feeling! I've had this for so long, almost 2 years now, that I kinda don't know what to do with myself! I feel like I should be running and shouting joy all over town, but I'd probably run a few steps and be too tired to go any farther! So I still have a little ways to go before I'm back to 100%, but I'm getting there. It does feel very good to think that the future is wide open, I can do anything now that I don't have the worry that I may have treatments coming up soon and would have to cancel big plans. It's a little overwhelming, so I actually haven't made any solid big plans yet!! I do plan on getting back to school next January, but that's about the only thing.
I'd love a fun vacation somewhere while there is still a bit of summer left. I'd love to still have some time to finish up some little projects I'm working on here and there before "real life" starts again with a job and school. I'd love to have a girlfriend to celebrate this all with!! ;)
So we will see how things go! Next week I have to go back up to LDS hospital to do a few little tests. Heart and lung stuff and blood work, just to make sure there isn't anything weird going on after the transplant. Shouldn't be too bad at all.
Guess that's about it for now! We'll see how often I update this blog. Perhaps now I'll move on to just random things that aren't really about my journey with cancer. Not sure yet!
