Scan results

I saw Dr. Bhandari this morning. My doctor was on hospital duty this week. I really wanted to see her, but I understand.
I got good news. He said the liver is clean with no tumors. The lung nodules have grown just the least little bit, nothing to be concerned about right now. The tumor between the esophagus and the inferior vena cava blood line has continued to shrink! Is that awesome or what? God continues to heal me and I've not have any chemo/radiation since November 16, 2007. So it's been a whole year since any treatments and the tumor is still shrinking....it gives me chills to think how amazing God is.

I'll have scans again in 3 months. Take care all and again I say thank you to each and everyone of you!

Lots of love,
Kelly

Quick Update

Just wanted to let everyone know I am feeling GREAT! I've got scans next week. Will update results as I get them. Thanks for all the continued prayers.

Doctor today

I'm going to see Dr. Zorn this afternoon. It's been almost 2 weeks since he took the port out. Everything is going well.

I have scans on the 18th of November.
Will see Dr. Amanze on that Thursday, November 20th.

I'm doing well

Hello everyone,
I am home and doing well. We left the hospital around noon and I had a craving for Olive Garden. It was so good. Came home and slept until time for supper. Now I'm back in the recliner and I wanted to let you know I am doing very good. I'm sure I'm about to go back to sleep.

Hope everything is well with all of you,
Kelly

Minor Surgery

Hello everyone, I will be getting my port taken out this Friday, September 19th. Don't know what time as of right now. Will find that out tomorrow. The port has been giving me some problems, so we've decided to take it out. Not going to have another put in with the hopes that I won't need it.

I have scans again on Tuesday, November 18th and will see Dr. Amanze on Thursday, November 20th.

I will post again on Saturday to let you know how I'm doing. The surgery is minor and should take no more than 10 - 15 minutes. I will go home and sleep for hours I'm sure.

Hope everyone is well,
Kelly

Scans report

I had scans Wednesday, July 23rd. Saw Dr. Amanze yesterday, Friday, and got a good report. The is no change in the liver which is wonderful. One of the nodules in the lung has grown 1 mm, which is no big deal. It's not even 1 cm, so we are not worried about that. And the most amazing news is the mediastinum node appears to be smaller. How awesome is that. My last radiation was end of March 2007 and the last chemo was November 2007 and it's STILL SHRINKING! How awesome is that? Don't worry, I know it's not just the medicine....I know God has his had directly over me, no doubt in my mind. I've known from the very beginning God is in complete control of this journey.
Dr. Amanze was pleased and she'll see me again in 4 months. I guess I'll have scans then, not exactly sure. One thing for sure, I will let you know.
Burt and Mama were right there beside me when I got the good news.

I want to share about my friend Rachel. I've told you all about her several times....she has been my hero during all of this since the first time I read her post on Sallie's blog. (Another awesome way God works) Even though I've not met Rachel in person, we've emailed and talked on the phone, and I know she has one of the sweetest hearts ever. While God has chosen to keep me all clear, he is letting Rachel fight the battle yet another time. I have no doubts, the doctors will get it all though. I will share her latest email with you.....

Hello!
I apologize in advance that this information is coming to you via mass email but this is the quickest and easiest way for me to tell you. Sorry.
Some of you might know that I recently had a biopsy done on a suspicious lesion on my liver. The results came back this week and confirmed that it is cancer. There is only one tumor and my doctors are confident that we have caught it early and that treatment will be successful. I don't have a lot of information to offer you right now but I do know that within the next couple of weeks I will have surgery to burn the tumor. The surgery is pretty minor but will leave me with sore ribs so if you see me around hug gently please :) I'm not sure that I will take chemo at this point but it is a possibility that I am discussing with my oncologist. I will try and keep you all posted but I'm not very great at that so feel free to email me if you haven't heard anything in a while. Sorry again for the bombshell.
Rachel

Okay, here's the deal....while we are giving God thanks for my good news, please continue to pray for Rachel as she is going through this surgery.

I am extremely lucky to have so many people in my corner....

Thanks to you all...Much love,
Kelly

Small Update

I saw Dr. Amanze last week. She said I'm looking good. Blood work was good. I'll have scans on July 21st. For the past year I've only had chest scans. I asked Dr. Amanze to please let me get abdomen, pelvic, and chest scans. I wanted to get a good look at the liver. I'll report my good news as soon as I get the results!

Thanks to everyone for your continued support...
I appreciate you more than you will ever know.

April Scan results

Hello everyone....as promised I am updating. It's pretty late, but I don't really want to go to sleep. I saw Dr. Amanze today and there is no new growth, that's what we wanted to hear. There was no change in size of the tumor or the lung nodules. Isn't that wonderful!!!!!!! I was very heavy hearted walking in to the appointment. Needless to say, walking out, I felt a huge weight had been lifted off me. Thank you all for the prayers, thoughts, and never ending support. I got in the car, put the top down and rode home just breathing in the fresh air.

I'll see Dr. Amanze again in 2 months and I'll have scans in 3 months.

I'll be in touch!

Kelly

change of plans

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am having my scans today and will see Dr. Amanze Friday. Just wanted to update.

I'll be in touch on Friday.

Kelly

Been to long....

Sorry I've not updated in a while. Things are going really well. I have scans this Friday. Will meet with Dr. Amanze on Tuesday. (of course I will call my nurse friend and find out asap about the results)

I've started going to the gym and exercising. It feels really great.

I promise to update as soon as I find out scan results.

Again, sorry I've not updated in a while...and thanks for all the support.

Much love,
Kelly

Scan results

I saw Dr. Amanze today. Good news is what we got. There was no change in the tumor. She wants me to continue with NO chemo. :-) I will be scanned again in 3 months. We are very happy and very thankful. Thanks for letting us share this wonderful news with you all!