Just what we wanted to hear over the holidays

You may have heard me say this before … I am living 8 weeks at a time. Things have been going great, you know, other than that whole having cancer thing. But side effects from the meds have been manageable. Holidays have been great. But then as we get closer to December 28, the day of my 8-week Contrast CT Scan, anxiety tends to rise. “Scanxiety” as many refer to it. While I was confident that the results of my CT scan would be good, there is always that “what if” that creeps in to my mind. So rather than drag this on, I will just get right to the point. After a 9am CT scan, at 1:09pm I get a MyChart message from my nurse practitioner. Yes, that fast I got the results … love that! I was fearful that I would have to go through the whole holiday weekend (4 days) with the “wondering what if” … but my team is awesome! So without further ado, here was the text I received:

Hi Joel, your CT scans look great- all unchanged which is great! Stable and we keep going as the drug continues to work. I will release the CT scan reports and we will see you next Wednesday. Hope you guys had a wonderful holiday and Happy New Year, Jenn

So with that great news … I am good for another 8 weeks. Happy Holidays to you all, and cheers to what I hope to be a fantastic 2019!