I cannot start this post any other way than to give a big, HUGE thank you to everyone who was involved in any way with the Spaghetti Dinner last week. WOW! We were so overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from friends, family, and strangers. The event was an overwhelming success and I really cannot thank everyone enough.
First, an update on the TACE procedure. For now, I have decided not to get it. Alan and I talked about it with each other. I talked to some people in my support groups who have either had it done or had it recommended, and I talked to my doctor at Karmanos about it. Most importantly of all of these things, my doctor here thinks it is an incredibly bad idea. He thinks the potential for damage to my liver is too great. He even had the interventional radiologits from his team take a look at my most recent scans and give an input. They said that the tumors are very small and the arteries would be hard to get to. Some of the tumors didn't even have their own artery they said. So basically, we felt the potential good of the procedure did not outweigh the potential bad.
Now, on to the good news. According to the doctors, my scan in March was exactly identical to my scan in January. This means that I have been off chemo for a little over 2 months and my tumors haven't grown at all! They also didn't shrink, but at this point just no growth is very good. Because of that, I get another 2 month break from chemo, which is super exciting.
Another really cool thing, on the same day we found out the good news we just happened to stumble across this music festival that is happening in Buffalo, NY in June. Not only is Dashboard Confessional playing at this show, but Alan's faborite band, OK Go, is also on the list of performers. We are planning to go and hopefully I will get good results again at my scans in May and still be off chemo at that point.
Not much else to talk about right now, it is just time to try to do some living.
