Fish Joke How many fishermen does it take to change a light bulb? One, but you should have seen the bulb, it must have been THIS big.
Eearly yesterday morning, was CT scan time starting with yucky tasting fluid to drink. The scan it self went well. The results so far are good and brought to light another situation which is now being treated. The initial results have indicated the spots in my left lung and liver have shrunk to almost half the size of what they were in March. It is tough to translate what exactly the report has said - but to sum it up as the on call doctor put it - it is working. We do have an upcoming review on July 7th, or perhaps before, to discuss the results with my assigned Oncologist and look at what the next stages are or could be. The positive terms in the report were regression and shrinkage.
Now with the positive results or this scan came some additional unexpected results which are being dealt with. It turns out there are some minor blood clots in my right lung, a side effect of treatment or caused by the power port - no direct cause to pin point. So yesterday afternoon back to the Cancer Clinic to receive a shot in the arm and pick up my new daily dose to resolve or maintain the situation. Now Teresa gets to poke me on a daily basis with a lovely larger then desired needle. Not one of these little pricks for just into the skin, nope, a large diameter 1 inch poker for the arm, legs or stomach. We have to rotate the location as it cannot be the same exact spot for 6-7 weeks. No time frame for how long this will go on, my surprise was when the doc said a couple of months. Good news, not a major concern and it is treatable - so daily poke is good and I get an ice cream for not screaming about the needle. (dont like them at all)
That is it for now.
Keep smilin everyone - mine is from ear to ear right now.
Jason
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