It has been a while since I posted an update. Believe me, a lot has happened too. I have had a few emergency room visits. I took a break from chemo. I had planned a getaway to Deadwood to give my mind and body a break. But things don't work out the way you want them to.
I went to the emergency room late one night as I was really miserable. In pain, getting sick, couldn't hold anything down. Ended up with an ng tube in my nose to my stomach, and a fast ride to Fargo by ambulance!
I had a bowel obstruction. I was on ice chips for a few days. I spent a week in Fargo. I had a sigmoidoscopy. Luckily my doctor was able to open up the blockage with a balloon. He did take samples to see if it was scar tissue or cancer growing. My cancer marker has continued to climb. It is now 120. But my scans are clear. My thyroid biopsy was benign. My surgeon told me, even if it is cancer, it is so small, he has no idea how to treat it, as it is not showing up. So, maybe just maybe, the number was up due to the obstruction.
I feel so much better. i was on a very limited diet after my stay in Fargo. It was tough. But I did follow it. But now everything is working as it should. I will have to have colonoscopies more often, like every 6 months, to watch my scarred intestines. I have to take a stool softener every 3 days or so. But overall, I can eat what I want, and I feel good.
I have labs tomorrow. I am not worried about them. Even if my cancer marker is still up, I don't feel worried. I actually feel like I am going to be around for a long time. I know that cancer will rear its ugly head again, I know I will battle it again. But I feel like I am going to get a long break. I am not thinking about updating my funeral plans. Believe me, I have been doing that a lot since Christmas last year.
I am hoping that my oncologist tells me on Wednesday that we can start a 3-month check routine. I have not been on that routine since September of 2020. I have been on a every 3 weeks schedule, I would like a break, a long break. I know I have to get my thyroid checked again in December, thanks, Chemo for wrecking my body. But it's only an ultrasound.
So, yea, life is good. I am even looking at a beach vacation in the new year with my niece Becca. Just chillin' on a beach, swimming in the ocean, playing in the sand. God has taken care of me, he has plans for me.
I have been through a lot, but the new year looks good to me!!!
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