Julie talked with the doctor about the cat scan of her neck. Turns out on the previous cat scan they only did her chest, the last one they did her neck and chest. So, they could only compare the vertebrae in her back on the two scans; they didn't see any difference, both showed cancer hopefully dormant. Hasford's opinion is that the cancer has been in Julie's neck for a long time, that it is not new. Obviously, an assumption, but probably better than my initial assumption.
Julie insists nothing has changed. Oh yea, she has lost about six pounds over the last month or so. Again little data to go. But, that is the nature of this disease to start seeing ghosts that are not there, or perhaps shadows of what is waiting. So, lets hope I am delusional.
By the way, Olesia hurt her foot playing tackle football with the guys. She has an air-cast on and is on crutches, struggling to get to classes and up the three flights of stairs to her dorm room.
Just a few words from time to time about making it from one day to the next as my wife struggles through chemotherapy fighting a very aggressive cancer. Facts, feelings, sadness, hopefully some humor, and just life one day at a time. This is mainly for me, writing to keep sane.
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