Late Christmas Gift

No my late gift was not the bottle of scotch.  I had to buy that for myself.  Today I got the results of my latest PET scan which was done on the 23^rd and it was great news.  100% normal and NED.  You prepare yourself for whatever news may come and I was prepared for whatever but was of course hoping for good news.  My oncologist was very pleased and said he didn’t want to see me again for 6 months.  That seems like forever considering last January I was seeing him 5 days a week while getting Interferon treatments.  My blood work looked good and all my levels have all returned to normal.    My life is slowing coming back to me I think.  As of February 1^st my time on the project I am working on is up and I will be off the road and back to my old job.  It will be a big adjustment to not be traveling anymore.  As much as I complained about it I think I will miss the excitement and challenge of being on the project.  That and being able to visit NYC.  I also will really miss my new friends that I have met these last two years.  The bad news from the visit today came when I stepped on the scale.  If I was playing strong safety for the Chiefs I would be about the correct weight.  Unfortunately I am not so I have some work to do. 

Well I am going to go crack the seal on the Macallans and enjoy a cocktail.  I don’t know that I will ever consider myself a cancer survivor or not.  I currently cringe at that title for some reason.  I always just think of myself as a guy somewhere between my last clean scan and my next unknown one.  Today I got six more months of peace and I will take it.  Thanks again to my  family for their unconditional love and support.  I love giving you guys good news and really appreciated all the e-mails and text messages today. 

Paul