Whilst in Cornwall I was contacted by the hospital (xray dept) and given an appointment for a CT scan for last Friday. I was a bit taken aback and concerned as my oncologist had said 2-3 months for the first scan to see if the treatment is working and this was only 6 weeks! My emossions were all over the place as 'what if they were scanning me too soon for the treatment to be working' and subsequently the treatment would be stopped! I was even more concerned and annoyed when I found out that pharmacy had asked for the scan as the treatment was 'expensive'!!!
Low and behold I went for the scan and on tuesday I found out that not only was the treatment working but the tumour had shrunk from 11cms to 8.5cms in only 6 weeks! It makes the spots and rashes all worth it. There will now be no question to me continuing with the treatment and my next scan is 3 months time.
I have also found (and joined) a forum calles 'Inspire' there are lots of people on there who are living with and surviving lung cancer even with advanced inoperable lung cancer like me. All of this has really given me hope and for the first time since this happened I feel that I can actually feel excited about life and not feel flat as I have been.
I am trying to cut the morphine down and hope that in the next couple of weeks I will be off it completely! That will be great news for my bowels!
Got a busy few weeks ahead now! Wedding reception tonight (congratualtions Dave & Andrea) Punk Party next saturday (need to figure out how to upload photo's on here!) Chris and Jenni's wedding the week after (Paul is best man xx) and then off to York to stay in a posh hotel the week after that! Then amongst all this I will be trying to find a nice holiday for Paul and me to go on straight after my next oncology and chemo appt! No chance of my retirement becoming boring!
Excellent news Lyn. I continue to wish on my stars for you. So much to look forward to that the three months til your next scan will fly by.
ReplyDeleteIt's frustrating to think the pharmacy say the treatment is expensive - this is someone's life we are dealing with here, however, you now have 6 weeks less worry, 6 weeks more positivity and 6 weeks knowing your treatment is working. Maybe we should thank the pharmacy for getting you scanned earlier!!!
So pleased for you and look forward to seeing photos of you looking glamorous as usual at all these events xxx