MRI yesterday.

What a morning! I have had some back spasms over the last few days, and this day was the worst. I almost rescheduled my MRI appointment. My wife pushed me through. It was so difficult to just get out of bed. My lower back would seize up and cause me to collapse back into bed. My wife helped me up and into the bathroom to get ready. We were about a half hour late to the appointment. I called ahead to let them know we were running behind, and the receptionist said to hurry up to get there. I wore some clothes that didn’t have any metal, the same as last time, so I would not have to change into the MRI gown and pants. The MRI went well. I had to have some help sitting up. It was so painful that I let out a big scream. My wife heard and came running. We got help loading me into the car. I asked the tech to come home with us to help me in.

Results:
The MRI was stable. Yay! The doctor said she was happy with the result. She also told me my tumor was unmethylated. I wish they would have told us sooner. Some new study in Europe showed that 6 months of chemo would be sufficient in this case. Does that mean I’m finished with chemo? She said I could go on for another 6 months of treatment with the SOC. I’m still not sure about it.

Back pain:
I got up today with a little less pain, but it’s still there. Yesterday was the worst of the worst. My wife helped me get bathed and cleaned up. I’m having issues sitting and bending. I needed some help getting up off the toilet and getting my undies and shorts up. It’s very difficult with the bending. Little things we take for granted. I can do this cancer thing no problem; throw in some back spasms, and it’s awful. But we press through. I gotta do this. My wife stayed home with me yesterday. My mother is coming today to help me out. It hasn’t been easy the last couple days, but I’ll get through it. I keep telling myself to push through and do this; you got it, big boy. I have to be able to do things on my own. My wife can’t take off every day during this. I had a few leftover pain meds from surgery last year. I took one last night, and it seemed to lessen the pain. I took another this morning around 4:30 to get ahead of the pain of movement. I hope it will work well for me today.

Be grateful for the help you get and take nothing for granted.

Thanks for stopping by!
~Bruce