Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Basically Done

My next appointment isn't for a month from now: April 23 for a CT Scan (we hope confirming the cancer is gone / stayed gone) and April 24 to get the results.

I'm still on Acyclovir to ward off Chicken Pox, Shingles, and Herpes, and when they found out that my brother's children were getting Chicken Pox the old fashioned way, they upped my dose to 3 pills a day for my visit (to my Mom, who lives nearby) and for the 2 weeks that follow (the incubation period for CP).  I had to only wave to their family, and made my brother wear a mask (and me too) when he visited my Mom.

I'm also still on an antibiotic in case I have lung troubles. I hope to stop that soon--or at least in April (technically, there's no connection between my lung-susceptibility and whether the cancer's stayed away, but it seems like a good time to ask).


4 comments:

CG said...

Home stretch!

Anonymous said...

Thanks again for sharing the experience of most of the last year. It has been educational, uplifting, occasionally scary and mostly a reminder of the uniquely special person you are. I hope your family enjoys an special Easter celebration this year.

EO said...

Hurray!

sharon lessard said...

Always glad to log on and see good news! Stay healthy, Happy Easter, many of your cells have been re-born recently!!!

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