Taken two weeks after surgery with my two favourite little people!!! It was a very happy Thanksgiving!
AN UPDATE .... WITH A PLUS!!!!
It is hard to believe that it has been a whole month
yesterday since I was in Halifax having major surgery to remove a tumour from
my abdomen! But then there are times when it feels like several months have
passed …. I guess because I have recovered so easily and quickly this time
(knock on wood). Over the past couple of
weeks I have had such good days that only the scar reminds me of what I've been
through.
I started driving again on Sunday morning; a short jaunt to
a local restaurant to meet five of my BFF’s from high school for a catch up
breakfast. My girls …. They are so supportive. It still amazes me that we can
gather around a table and continue our conversations as if we just saw each
other yesterday. Our relationships are so easy. I consider myself VERY
fortunate to have these gals in my life. As we get older, our conversations
have drastically changed – the topic of boyfriends and dances has turned into
children, grandchildren, and the pitfalls of getting older. Well, I guess
things do change after 37 years, right?? LOL
But I digress. I have some wonderful news that I have been
dying to share with you!! My Oncologist called today with his follow up report.
And I have been floating on Cloud 9 since that conversation. Let me tell you
all about it …..
During surgery, my Oncologist had discovered 3 nodules near
the same area where my tumour was located. Naturally, the foregone conclusion
was that these nodules were probably the start of 3 more GCT’s, so just to
confirm, one was snipped and the sample sent off to the lab for testing. Since
the surgery, I have been saying numerous prayers that these little guys would
take their good old time growing to a size large enough to remove surgically.
Although I am normally an optimistic person and deal with this disease head on,
on the night before this last surgery, I experienced an all time low mentally.
I wanted to run away … not go through with it at all, but that was not an
option. And just this morning when I first awoke, I lay there wondering how
long it would be this time before I was back under the knife again – a thought
that has been on my mind fairly frequently.
Well, the news I got today has given me a something to be
very gratefully for and a pardon, if you will, from these dark thoughts. Dr.
Bentley tells me that the results of the testing on the nodules have come back
NEGATIVE for cancer cells!!!! That’s right – NEGATIVE!! I’m still in shock … a good shock … and
feeling ecstatic because I can now push those thoughts of early recurrence to
the back of my mind – at least for the time being!!
Now, that doesn't mean that the GCT he removed wasn't cancerous. It was. And I’m not naive I know that there is a very strong possibility
that I will have to face surgery again in the future. But because these little
guys aren't ‘thriving’ GCT’s, I can now hope that it will be a much longer
period of time before I have to go under the knife again. Dr. Bentley tells me
that he considers this a very good sign. I certainly couldn't agree more!!
So that’s my story for today!! I’m feeling wonderful, still
behaving myself to prevent complications, able to drive the car again, and
simply enjoying the extra special care that Willie has giving me this past
month. Hmmmmm …. Maybe I should drag this out just a little longer so that the
TLC part of the experience doesn't have to end too soon!! hehe
Until next time …….
~ B-Optimistic ~ J
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