Celebrations in order? Yep! My MRI was done today. Scans show stable, no growth, change, or migration. Good news! Dr. P was happy about it. Still a low-grade glioma. No change there. I’ll take it.
I was a ball of nerves this week leading up to the MRI. I kept it all in so as not to worry my family. I know it’s not good to internalize things, but it seemed to help me just push it all down. Focus on other things. Keep your mind busy. Why worry anyone with how I feel when we would not have news till today anyway?
No radiation is ordered. Yay! However, I am going on the 5/23 protocol of chemo. 5 days of chemo, 23 days off. Now I just wait for the pharmacy to fill it. They had to take my weight today. I told the scale to be nice to me. It was not. Between the steroids and my increased appetite, I have put on some weight. I am not too happy about that. Shirts are a bit snug. My watch is tight on my wrist. I don’t want to be chunky again. Gotta reign this weight in.
I have a Zoom call with my surgeon Dr. L on Monday morning. The MRI went as expected, timely and to the point. My medical oncologist was running behind today. 2 hours waiting is brutal. I’m so happy, well as happy as I can be. I know this isn’t going away. Rudy, my dark passenger, will always be there, but it is not growing or changing, which I am super thankful for.
It is also International Cat Day. My boys are spoiled enough. Do I spoil them more on this illustrious day of theirs? Nope. They have all the things; they get all the love. I won’t abandon them as they do to me daily. I will give them their due love and kisses, but they are such spoiled brats. I need to get all the kisses I can in between them and my wife before I start back on the chemo.
Thank you for stopping by!
~Bruce
Tumor Has It 
Leave a comment