To a degree, been to hell & back!

While I may be a bit dramatic here, to a degree, it does feel like I have been to hell & back. The brain radiation was pretty brutal. Heck, I LOST 2 days (fell asleep on a Friday mid-day and woke up Sunday evening). I had a Spinal Tap. I have had MRIs on my spine and brain. I have had my head shaved. I have started IT Chemotherapy. I am on steroids that cause me to eat, eat, eat … and causes my legs to be weak, weak, weak. I kinda feel that everything on the Cancer Menu … I have tried.

BUT … now the FANTASTIC news!!! The IT Chemo I am getting, it is super easy. The treatment lasts 15 minutes and is super easy / not intrusive / side effects are minimal (side effects are a nap that same day and a nap the very next day). My commute to UCSD La Jolla and back is 1.5 – 2 hours … and the actual treatment is 15 minutes. I lucked out there big time!

And now for the best news!!! They are not finding cancer in my fluids from the IT Chemotherapy. NOW… they are not saying the cancer does not exist, but they are saying that they are not finding any cancer. So we will continue to test for cancer and hopefully in the weeks to come, we will continue to NOT find any cancer. Then we can do the IT Chemo once a week instead of 2x per week. And eventually get treatments down to 1x per week & then down to zero times per week.

Come this Thursday … I will be making an appearance to L+L Printers San Diego. Up to this point, I have kept my life with cancer and my my work life very separate. Really, the main reason for this was just to give myself a place of not talking about cancer. I wanted my work to be a place where I could just do my work. Where I did not talk about my cancer throughout the day. Currently I am on a temporary leave of absence and I am sure my friends / co-workers are very much wanting to know the latest with me, so I will be visiting them on Thursday. I am a bit nervous about making this visit, but I think it will be a great thing to stop in and see everyone. I won’t be making a stop in at L+L Carlsbad, as Friday would be the day to do that, but Friday is my IT Chemo Day, so I will have to figure out a day to visit there down the road.

So much more I could be saying … so much more I could be sharing … but I think this is good for now. I am feeling great. I am doing great. And of course, gotta end this with “FUCK CANCER!”