Processing

 

 It's been a long time since I blogged. It has been seven months of ups and downs, encouraging news and then dashing news. I did manage to take some pictures of my hair growth, but I will post that in a different blog post.  For now, let's get caught up. In January 2022 I was told "it's classic lymphoma, that's the easiest to get rid of. You'll be done by the end of summer." So I followed the plan. I did the chemo. I followed up in July with a PET Scan. And nope... not gone. Vastly reduced, but not gone. So another biopsy was scheduled. The needle biopsy again showed nothing conclusive (I will never do that again) so I was referred to have a surgical biopsy done. This one showed there was enough to not delay in more treatments. But what treatment to do? This became something my local, Santa Cruz, oncology couldn't do.  So in September I was referred to both Stanford University and University of San Francisco (UCSF). Both teams looked at my PET Scans, b...

I have to stop for a moment and acknowledge the best of the best. I married this man almost 27 years ago. I was cute, healthy and energetic. We have been though kids, job loss, friendship disappointments and everything imaginable. The one thing I never wanted him to go through was me being weak, unproductive and unable to keep up with him. That has come. My cancer has stripped away a lot from me. But it also has taken it's toll on him. He has had to do more cleaning, cooking, pet care, child care, all the while working a full time job and keeping our bills paid. Add onto that he is trying to stay positive and encouraging for me. He is amazing! I am sad he has to go through this, but I wouldn't want to go through this with anyone else. My husband is the best of the best. I love him so much. And I like him too.  Thanks, Rick! Hopefully this will be the last few months of horrible and we can enjoy several more decades of fun!