10th Week Of Treatment

So Monday was my fourth chemo treatment.  Last Thursday I had my PET scan.  I was the first appointment of the day which is very nice because I don't have to wait for anyone else.  I go in they take my blood glucose levels and put an IV in my arm.  Then I go lay in a chair and get Xanax to calm and relax me.  Along with the medicine they give me a shot of radiated sugar in the IV.  I sit and relax in the chair for an hour while the meds work into my system and the radiated sugar gets moving around.  Then after an hour I go in the the PET scan and lay there for about 30 minutes while it scans my body.  It is pretty painless and I pretty much sleep through the whole thing.  I'm not allowed to drive home after the procedure so Jonathan was there with me during the whole thing.  He just gets to hangout in the waiting room for two hours while I'm in the back getting scanned.

So on Monday I found out the results of my PET scan.  Originally the mass was about 8cmx4x4, it is now about 4cmx2x2.  Which is great news according to my Dr.  He was very excited to tell me about it and so therefore I am very exciting with the news.  I now will only have 2 chemo treatments left and then I'll be done with Chemo!  WooHoo!  After my last treatment I will get another PET scan to see how much is left and where it is located so that when I start radiation they know where to put the lasers, I'm assuming anyways.

My chemo treatments haven't been going too bad.  I have just been really tired this week, and I could really just lay down all day and do nothing.  But I don't, Tuesday I took a nap in the morning and afternoon, and then Wednesday I took a nap in the morning.  Today and tomorrow I am back at work for 1/2 the day and then I will go home and take a nap after that.

Other than this news, I don't have a whole lot of new exciting news.  Jonathan and I did buy tickets to 3 games for WSU football this season and I am so looking forward to going.  I may not make one of the games because it is the weekend after my last chemo session but the other two I will be there.  One is going to be Apple Cup this year and it is going to be super cold I'm sure, especially with little to no hair to keep my head warm!  I have also started making plans for next year trips that I want to take.  I have learned that I don't want to put things off anymore and I need to do the things that I want to do while I have a chance to do them!