Now What? My Battle With Cancer

Well, as you know, I finished up cancer treatments with my last chemotherapy session on August 26th. And now the question remains....now what? Well......I wish I knew.

I still don't know what to expect in the weeks and months to come. I do know I have a PET scan on the 26th of this month to determine if I am indeed in full remission. I certainly hope so obviously.

What about how I'm feeling? Well, I've been feeling OK lately. Unfortunately, as with anyone on chemo, the residual effects can last as long as 6 months so that means that although not as often, I will still have days that I just plain and simple don't feel good. Also, I'm still fighting an uphill battle with Lupus which only compounds things.

Then there's the matter of the mediport I still have embedded in my chest. If you don't know, a mediport is a small disc shaped device that is implanted under the skin with a long tube inserted directly into a large artery going straight into my heart. Sound like a good time eh? Well the disc is used to insert a needle to feed chemo drugs into my system. It's designed to save the veins in my arms from going through stick after stick and possibly collapsing. So when does it come out? I wish I had an answer to that too.

All in all the answers will slowly start to come after my last PET scan at the end of the month. As I find out more I will post the next chapter here.

Have a great day!