Wonderful PET Scan Results

I met with my oncologist yesterday to go over my PET scan results and blood tests. My PET scan results were wonderful – no cancer. My blood test results also had a nice surprise. Since chemo my white blood count has been just under normal; that is for normal people. For chemo patients it is common to have a low white blood count for a long time after chemo. My white blood count is finally back to normal two years after completing chemo.


This is a big milestone – cancer free for two years after completing chemo. I now go onto a 6-month schedule with my PET scans. After 5 years I’ll go on a 1-year schedule for PET scans an oncology visits. That I’ll do indefinitely because of the Mayo’s diagnosis of low grade lymphoma, which is incurable. At this time there is no way of telling with absolute precision what type of lymphoma I have, the curable type or incurable type. Statistically it is more likely I have the curable type, but my doctor is playing it safe and covering all possibilities. I’m all for that. Besides, I’m getting to be an old pro with PET scans and I just breeze through them now.

Busy, Busy, Busy

It’s been nearly two months since my last post. Yes, I’m still alive and doing fine. I’ve just been so busy living regular life. I’ve been busy at work developing a new technology, busy at home fixing up the house, busy with snowboarding and following my youngest son’s high school wrestling. I’ve been busy with family, birthday parties and helping my parents move to a new home. My sons often invite their friends to stay over night, sometimes for the entire weekend. Having a house full of teenage boys can really make life busy. I’ve also been busy with my running. My training for the half marathon is going well. I’ve run a couple of 12 mile long runs and plan to make my next long run a half marathon.

Next week I have a PET scan, blood tests and an exam by my oncologist. If everything goes well, and I have no reason to believe they won’t, my PET scans will be moved from a 4-month to a 6-month schedule. That’ll be nice.