This blog contains disturbing and alarming information, continue at your own risk.
It has been a long time since my last entry, but, “if you can’t write something nice, don’t write anything”. My Oct scan showed a small (4 mm) lesion on my lung..... worrisome, but not definite. Not wanting to cause unnecessary concern, I decided to wait for my next scan at the end of March.
Then came a small but persistent pain in my back. I generally do not worry about small pains, I am old after all, and assumed that it would go away with time. Not so this time...... the pain continued, and became annoying, enough to require an occasional pain pill.
Ok, I connected the dots moved my scan up to the end of Feb. I wanted to know before my annual pilgrimage to Pa. So..... many new and larger lesions on my lungs and liver. No question, the cancer had returned with a vengeance. My condition is not operable, and not consistent with recovery. Without chemo treatment, my life expectancy is less than a year, with chemo, more than a year.
After I return from Pa. They will take a sample, and do “gnome” testing to help determine what kind of chemo is best. The goal is to shrink tumors and prolong life while maintaining a reasonable quality of life.
Of course, quality of life vs. quantity of life questions will need to be answered. It appears that it will be a fine line.
I never planned to live forever, but this is still a shock..... I plan to update this blog as soon as my thoughts settle down.
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As most of you know, I have been diagnosed with bladder cancer. This blog is for information regarding my medical, and possibly my emotional, condition. Any entertainment value will be strictly accidental. I hope it will reduce the number of times that I will have to tell the same story, and will eliminate the need for me to remember who knows what.
