I love my surgeon! She is awesome. I wonder if I feel this way because she just keeps on telling me good news. Would I feel the same about her if the news was not so good? I wonder. Anyway, the news is good....again. She is so nice and always hugs me at the end of the appointment. This is nice. Normally I'm a non-touchy person and prefer my personal bubble space. But, once someone has had their digits in your most private parts hugging seems so normal.
I asked her about why I hadn't had any scans yet or biopsies. She said that I'm due for a scan soon which we scheduled for May 13 at 9:00am. And we scheduled my colonoscopy for May also, one year to the day that I had my first one that found the cancer. The only time she does biopsies is when she's worried about the cancer growing and that is not the case in my case. I am doing really well with no signs of cancer only residual radiation scarring. The news is great, perfect, hooray for me! So happy. I love my surgeon!
Coincidentally I also had a noon appointment with my oncologist. That seems to be a pretty great way to do it, all doctors in a day. I dont get much work done but its nice to take care of it all at once.
I don't love having blood drawn. I suppose no one really loves it and you would think I'd be used to it by now but Its just not that much fun. The blood work was fine: WBC 6.1 (normal is 4.2 - 10.5), RBC 4.51 (4.04 - 5.48) and everything else was in normal range except MCH which was high 31.9 (27 - 31.2) and MPV which was low at 7.2 (7.4 - 10.4). Don't ask me what either of those two are, but they weren't too far out of range and my doctor says I'm doing really well and will see me next time in June. While I was there, I ran into a lady who was in my chemo class. She was recieving treatment and her hubby was with her. It was nice to see her doing well. She had stage four bone and lung cancer. Her hair is growing back and her attitude is still wonderful. I also got a hug from the radiation nurse who was happy to see me after several months and doing well. She is so nice and was always a ray of sunshine when I had to do treatments and was going through my worst times. The staff there is so wonderful and caring. I'm so glad I have such good doctors and staff at Utah Cancer Specialists. It's an intimate and comfortable setting and I like that.
Something I've been thinking a lot about lately is how much I will always appreciate with my heart and soul and will always remember as a special time in my life is the period from when I first found out about the cancer on 5/16/2012 to when I completed treatment on 7/23/2102. The reason this time is so special to me is that through this life changing experience I couldn't believe how amazing my friends, family, and everyone surrounding me shared their love, prayers, support in ways that were so meaningful that I can't find words to express how much it meant to me and impacted the way I live life today. I know it will sound a bit wierd to hear my say I'm glad I found out I had cancer and beat it because it has made me a better person than I was before and it has made me apprecite everything, everyone, and every experience in a completely new and improved way.
