Complaining aside, here is the latest:
Back in June my bone scan revealed a "possible lesion" in my left humeral head (left arm up by my shoulder). We did not do anything about it because we decided to deal with the mass on my ovary that showed up on my June CT scan. Now that my hysterectomy is over and everything turned out to be benign, we can deal with the arm issue. My September bone scan showed the spot in my arm to be more intense...meaning it was no longer a "possible lesion". Something is actually there. I can happily report that the spot on my arm is giving me minimal pain, and it is small. After much discussion with my oncologist and radiation oncologist I have come to the decision to go back for more radiation therapy. Radiation will take away the chronic pain in my hip, and sterilize my bones to hopefully prevent any rogue cancer cells from flipping off and growing elsewhere. I will have radiation five days a week for four weeks. I went to the radiation oncologist on Thursday and got set up. Seven tattoos later, I look like a connect the dots worksheet gone wrong. (They make itty bitty dot tattoos on me to line me up for the radiation machine. This ensures that I am always in the same position and they radiated the exact same spot each time.) My scans every three months and the decision to have radiation again have helped me to decide what to be for Halloween:
I won't even have to dress up!:)
