Tag: Cancer
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The Results Are In…
No more cancer! Dr. Hammond reviewed the pre-treatment and post-treatment PET Scans side-by-side with us. For some reason we had never seen the pre-treatment scan in detail. A normal scan is shades of black and grey. Fast growing cells show up kind of like a fire, with reddish being more active, then orange hues and…
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The Follow-up PET Scan
I wrote most of this a few weeks ago, but hadn’t gotten around to posting it. I guess you could say that today is a big day. I finished my last chemotherapy treatment on April 10th, about 4 weeks ago. Today I repeat the PET Scan to see if the treatments have worked, and the…
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Jax Recap & Spring Break
I guess we just took pictures of all the fun parts of Jacksonville. It looks like all we did was eat, eat, eat. I’m not complaining, we did eat really good food. I would rather do outpatient treatments every single time. Getting to go “home” to a hotel, look at the beach before & after…
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Neutropenic Fever
I woke up not feeling great this morning. A lot of times it’s had to explain. I just call it a “blah feeling”. I knew that today would be one of the days that my blood count numbers were expected to be low, one week after my last chemo treatment. Then in the next few…
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Thank You For Being a Part of My Story
Hey guys, it’s Clay. I’m up a little bit later than usual. Hospitals aren’t the best for sleeping. I got up this morning feeling a little “blah”, so I ditched the hospital gown, and put on real clothes. Still just felt kind of “blah” but couldn’t put my finger on it. My blood count numbers…