the appt/results I've been waiting for....

This weekend was nice. Busy, but nice. Took Vinny to a Christmas party on Saturday then got to spend some time with my sister and her beautiful family. It was so nice to just hang at home and spend some time with the family. After all, they are what means the absolute most to me. Without their love and support, who knows where I'd be today.

My oncology appt today was as good as can be expected. My cancer didn't spread (much) lol. I have 1 very small node that is now effected that was not effected 6 months ago at my last PETscan. All in all not too shabby if you ask me. This means that the cancer isn't spreading fast, and it should be very responsive to the treatment.

My treatment (ABVD chemo) starts THIS WEDS Dec 14th. I have will 1 treatment every other week for 4 months and then will have another PETscan. Depending on those results will determine where the treatment will go from there. My oncologist says I will not need radiation after the chemo. He was going to do just 3 cycles but he wants to make sure that my chances of it coming back are as slim as they can get....so we will go ahead and do a minimum of 4 cycles (equaling 8 total treatments because each cycle has 2 treatments). I have some nausea medicine to take and some pain killers also...I'M HOPING THAT IS ALL I WILL NEED to get thru this as quick and easy as possible.

I'm so ready to kick this cancer's ass but now I'm starting to get a little nervous. My first treatment will be about 5/6 hours. YIKES!!! Hope someone is on facebook to chat with me hahaha!! I will be aloud to have my cell and any other laptop/ipad devices that I choose.

Well I'm off to make my family dinner and spend some much needed down time with them. Until next time...

LOVE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!