SCANXIETY PART 2-SCAN RESULTS

So, yesterday I had an early morning appointment at my Cancer Center. And when I say early, it really felt early! Between losing an hour due to the time change over the weekend, the thunderstorm that woke us up early Sunday morning after only a few hours of sleep, and then staying up late to watch the Academy Awards show on Sunday night, getting up at 6 am Monday morning was tough!

DOCTOR'S VISIT

First, I saw one of my favorite people...Doctor Saker's nurse, Patience, AKA The Vein Whisperer! Patience is not only one of the sweetest young women you will ever meet, but she could get that needle in a vein with her eyes closed! Man, she's good at her job! So, we chatted while she weighed me (WHAT??? ARE THOSE SCALES RIGHT??), took the vitals and some blood, and then took me to one of the exam rooms to wait for Dr. Saker. 

I waited much longer than usual for the doctor to come in. I wasn't upset with the wait because it is a Cancer Center, and I'm actually always surprised by how quickly the doctor comes in. However, I was getting very nervous sitting there for so long waiting to hear those test results!

Finally, Dr. Saker came in, apologized for the wait, saying that Monday had started out with a bang, and then........

DRUMROLL PLEASE......

He said, with a smile on his face...GREAT NEWS! The scans looked great! After talking about what a great job the meds were doing and going over a couple of other things, he said there is a chance that the sleeping devil (cancer) will wake up at some point and make another appearance, but it could be years before that happens. The Faslodex injections and Verzenio are doing their job and have fewer side effects than Ibrance. 

After all of the 'scanxiety' I've experienced over the past few weeks, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief! I had been more worried about the bone scan because although I had a CT scan in September, it had been a year since my last bone scan.

We also briefly discussed my ongoing battle with weight loss and lowering my cholesterol, but he said he thinks I still have time to do both before I see my PCP in about 5 weeks! But I'll talk more about those issues in another post.

The first person I saw when I entered the infusion suite was another of my favorite people who works there...Lisa! 

Lisa and I chatted for a few minutes while I waited to receive my Faslodex injections and B12 shot. When I told Lisa about my test results, I got a hug and a  heartfelt "PRAISE GOD!"

And I am......PRAISING GOD!