Some Updates in Preparation for ROUND 2!!

I decided to take some advice from a good friend and seasoned blogger in her own right, (shout out to Gwen and her blog, simple thrift), and try to get a relatively short blog entry posted instead of my usual BOOK! 

**Before I update though, let me just clarify that my posts are usually so long because by the time I have TIME to write them, about 10,000 things needing a thorough explanation have happened regarding my “situation” and so it takes a long time to get through everything.  Plus, remember people; I had BRAIN SURGERY about a month ago so it takes me a little longer to do things than it used to – I’m honestly shocked that any of these blogs entries make sense half of the time when I’m done writing them… 

Anyway, I wanted to update about how I’ve been feeling and about plans for my next round of treatment.  Since I got home from my last treatment on Friday the 7^th, I have progressively felt better and better each passing day.  This came as a surprise because I was told that my blood cell count would “dip” 7-10 days after my chemo treatment was over.  As a result, I kind of expected to feel more tired and possibly even achy and sick beginning this past Wednesday, but it was quite the opposite – last week I met up with a few ESU friends, ran tons of errands all over the place, met friends for lunch, visited Jennifer while her butt is healing from surgery ha!, supported my former high school girls’ basketball team at a game, and even went out to the bar to celebrate one of my best friend’s 25^th birthday on Saturday night!  In short, I’ve truly felt more like myself over the past few days than I probably have since late November BEFORE my surgery!  Hopefully that continues after each subsequent treatment!

Speaking of treatment, I met with my oncologist today so that he could tell me whether or not I could start my second round of treatment tomorrow as scheduled.  Not only did he say that my blood cell levels were good enough to start tomorrow, but he also shared results of my spinal tap: negative!  Meaning as of now, there are no cancerous cells anywhere in my spinal column!  And for those of you following along very closely, I was scheduled to meet with an ophthalmologist at some point to basically check in the last place where cancer could be hiding which was the back of my eyes and optic nerve.  I had that appointment last Wednesday and they found everything to be normal there as well!  Those results and the ones I received today were both very good news.  So to clarify and sum up for anyone who needs it, right now the only place my lymphoma is, is in my brain where originally thought.  This is where my first round of chemotherapy medication went to start to kill those cells, and this is where every round of treatment that’s to follow will also go!

So, that blog entry wasn’t TOO bad, right??  I’m heading for bed now, hoping for an early call from the hospital in the morning so I could start earlier than last time AND that this impending weather actually let’s us get to the hospital if we get that early call!  Until next time!  Goodnight world!