This Wednesday I go for a repeat full body CT scan to check on the cancer. They will compare the scan to my last one 3 months ago and compare if and how much the lymphnodes have gone down. I will be curious to find out if this lump in my abdomen is a very enlarged node or something else.
Next Wednesday I go back to the oncologist to find out the results of the scan and discuss what the next step in treatment will be. This being an incurable cancer (at this time) the next step in treatment will most likely be maintenance Rituxan treatments. That would be 1 infusion every 3 months. Or I could be put into the arm of the clinical trial that will put me on "watch and wait" or as I like to call "worry and stress". I would be scanned every 6 months and retreated with 4 weeks of weekly Rituxan infusions only if I have an increase in the cancer again. Other options will be discussed if I did not have enough of a good reaction to the initial 4 infusions of Rituxan.
The Wednesday after that...we are supposed to have settlement on the house we are selling and the house we are buying. I have been busy sorting through the 10 years of junk that we have collected in this house. You don't realize just how much stuff you can accumulate in 10 years until you get ready to move!
There is just something about Wednesdays for me...
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