I finished Massage Therapy School on May 19th, 2008.  I took the FINAL & Passed!  I was soooo Happy to be DONE!  I was also wondering what would I be doing the 4 week nights I normally attended class?!

All is still well!  MRI, CT Scan, Blood work  – normal counts, no evidence of disease & MOVING FORWARD.

Hard to believe, 18 months post surgery!  I had the MRI “ride of my life” this time.  I was fortunate to be able to use a MRI that was about 3/4 of the normal length.  This meant my head was out of the tube.  I took some xanax to get me thru the appt.  The only bad part, it was like a “carnival ride”.  They kept moving me in & out of the machine just enough to make me motion sick.  Ugh … I was wanting a dramamine.  Not such a good appt on an empty stomach.

Then I went to my Orthopedic Oncologist appt & was left in a room for just under 2 hours with no Resident, no Dr, no nothing.  I  was ready to walk out.  I was quite ANGRY as I was alone & lost track of time but knew it had been awhile.  I got dressed, walked out to the Nurses station & told them I was leaving.  The Resident came to tell me the Dr had an emergency & they had not forgotten me.  By the time the Dr had come in I was too thru with all of them.  Not such a good appt day overall.

The good news is all was still well … NED.

I started back to Massage Therapy School on July 9, 2007.  I was not sure this would ever happen.  Of course, I was in a different place mentally & physically but wanted to TRY.  It was 4 nights/week & occasional clinic on the weekends.  I didn’t want to “wonder” … had I not gone back.  After all, I completed my Anatomy Coloring Book while doing chemo the previous year.  I couldn’t let all that coloring go to waste!

My follow-up appts showed good blood counts & everything within normal range.  Another successful MRI with sedation & all continues to move in the right direction.  Ahhhh