Just went for my one month follow up appointment and my tumor is gone!!!  GONE!!!  GONE!!! GONE!!! :)  She said that my cervix looks normal and that if she hadn’t already known that I had a 7cm tumor before she would not even be able to tell that I had cancer!  Of course she is just looking at my Cervix through a speculum!

Cancer is tricky so I am not considering myself  in the clear yet…but this is very positive and good news to hear.  I have  and appointment with Jeanne Schilder who is my Gynecological oncologist that works in tandem with Dr. Cardenes my Radiation Oncologist…..I have an appointment with her on Jan 25th.  At this point they will do a Pap which will most likely show abnormal cells from radiation still….but they still do one as a base to compare and make sure there is nothing new appearing.  After that appointment I will have a PET scan in early February …..this is the test that makes me so so nervous!  The PET scan will show if there is cancer remaining in any of my Lymph nodes or anywhere else in the body.  Dr. Cardenes will get the results of this and hopefully it will be good news.  You can not imagine the anxiety that you feel waiting for the results of these tests….It is like standing in front of a loaded gun ….a little bit dramatic but you get the idea…..I don’t want to get to excited because you don’t know if you can take the news that they could tell you.  The last time I had one I had a full on panic attact the night before…then when I got a phone call from my Dr. on the next day  (which was a Saturday) I think my heart stopped when I answered the phone and was waiting for her to say what the results were….It turned out they were great results and then I could breath again….

That is when I realize that you just have to take everything day by day….today is a great day and I have great news and that is the only news that I will have all through Christmas!

Going to the Dr. Today was fun….I had missed them all.  It was like a little reunion.  Dr. Cardenes gave me a hug and told me that it was so good to see me looking so well and that she loved me…that was so sweet.  When I had to go get my blood drawn after I was examined I had my regular nurse starting to take my blood and then Bob one of the other nurses came over and pulled out a wad of money and was going to pay my nurse to let him draw my blood….he is always joking around and him and Larry always crack jokes!  Then Josie the lady that always draws my blood came over and she was like…nope I get to draw her blood.  We had the little room where you get blood drawn filled with all the people that have taken care of me and we were just all in there hanging out talking and laughing for like 15 minutes…..they are all so nice.  I got hugs from all of them so did Larry and then we left!

Well know that I have that over with I need to get into the Christmas zone.  I haven’t purchased one gift yet….and It’s too late to shop online!  I guess Cancer hasn’t changed the fact that I am a procrastinator!!!!

Have a great week!

Lisa