Scan Results

So I've got good news, and not so good news after talking to my Dr yesterday.  The good news is that the uptake on the PET scan went from a 12 down to 3.9... the bad news is that it still showed a small amount of activity (hence the 3.9).  So it looks like I'll be postponing my next appointment at Roswell and doing more chemo Mon-Wed next week.  And then I'll have another PET scan the following week.  Bummer.  I did however, manage to get through the second treatment without complications like I had after the first one, so hopefully this one will go ok as well.

On a side note, I can't believe in my last post I forgot to mention the head shaving adventure!  On Dec 30th I finally decided I'd had enough of my hair falling out in clumps, so I had my husband shave my head.  We took a family selfie before, and a few other pictures, and then got to work.  To my complete surprise, after he was done shaving my head, Chad (who had his very long hair pulled back into a ponytail) said "ok, now braid my hair and then cut off the ponytail and shave my head".  I think I asked him about five times if he was sure before I did it, lol.  I think he's pretty much been growing it out since we got married (6 years ago), so the experience was probably more traumatizing for him than it was for me.  I'm happy he did it though, I was super bummed that I had to cut mine again (it was just getting long enough again so I could tuck it behind my ears), and it was nice to have him support me in that way.  Now that my hair is really falling out at a good pace, it's nice to only have to clean up little short hairs as opposed to clumps of longer ones.  I've finally started wearing a bandana over my head when I go out, and it's funny because Dagen gives me the strangest look when I have one on.  Apparently he's gotten used to mommy with no hair, lol.

One more thing... I'd just like to take a minute to thank everyone for their kind words, well wishes, positive thoughts and prayers.  And for those of you have taken a minute out of your day to send me a message, or a card, or a gift... thank you so much for taking the time to think of my family and I and do something nice.  We really appreciate everything!!

This is our "after" family selfie, lol  :)

Quick update

Hello all!  Sorry I haven't posted in a little bit, things have been pleasantly uneventful so far.  I had chemo again last week, Mon-Wed, and my neulasta shot on Thurs.  Started with the nausea/vomiting on Thursday evening into Friday, but the vomiting was gone this time by mid afternoon.  Once again I was in hermit mode, relying on Chad to do most of the baby duties on Friday.  Saturday I was still nauseous and slept quite a bit, but by Sunday I felt ok and was able to go to my parents house for dinner.  I'm still doing my blood thinner injections twice a day, and unfortunately I was told that I will most likely be doing them until 6 weeks after my picc line comes out, whenever that may be.  Due to the hit that my platelets took after the first week of chemo, I'm now heading to Corning twice a week for blood work to keep an eye on my levels.  I'm also hoping to avoid the neutropenic fever this time around, along with the sore throat/nausea and vomiting party I had while I was in the hospital for Christmas.  But unfortunately, it's out of my control.  This coming Friday I have my next PET scan to see how things look.  If everything is negative, then I will be done with chemo until I'm admitted to Roswell.  If it's still positive, then I'll have another round of chemo done at RPH.  Here's to hoping I'm all clear!  My next consult at Roswell is 1 week from today... since I'll have had my scan, hopefully I'll find out some more details as to when we are going to be getting things rolling.