First scan results are in

It's taken me a while to get this latest update written, the week of my scan results was pretty hectic and then I went away on holiday for a few days with my family.  So far it's good news, the chemo seems to be working, the timing is perfect because my side effects have been getting a bit worse recently. It's so nice to know that it's worth going through all the crap for a positive result.

I had my CT scan a couple of weeks ago now on 31st July and was due to get the results the following Tuesday.  Unfortunately the results weren't back in time for my appointment with oncology on the Tuesday so I had to wait a bit longer, a bit of an anticlimax! The registrar (Dr B) said that he would call me as soon as he got the results and let me know.  He called me the following afternoon to tell me that firstly the scan showed shrinkage in the cancer in my lymph nodes and secondly it showed that I had a blood clot near my liver which had restricted the flow of the iodine contrast dye injection during the scan and they couldn't get a good picture. Although he did stress that there was nothing on the scan to worry about at the moment, what they could see of my liver was fine.  Although Dr B wasn't worried about the blood clot posing a threat to my health, he still wanted me to come in to the hospital as soon as possible for some blood tests and to be given a course of blood thinning injections.

So the chemo is carrying on as normal, every week as long as my white blood count is high enough,. I've done 10 treatments so far, I think I could end up having 18 in total, so I'm more than half way through.  I do my injections at home for the blood thinning and am waiting to ask more questions about treatment plans and liver scans at my oncology clinic appointment next week.