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.
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Hi Chemo Man
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your results. I know what the feeling is like - waiting to have the tests and then waiting for the results.
I did not get an entry into the NY Marathon so if I choose to do it I will have to go through a charity. Have you decided to do it? The Paris marathon is on Sunday and I am just going to go with the flow and see what happens.
Once again glad everything is going great
Jenny