4 Month Post Radiation Update
Brain Tumor Update Fun!
*Saw my lovely oncologist this morning. He thinks December is a good time to do another MRI (my 8th one!) to see if my tumor responded to the radiation treatment.
*He reminded me that my tumor, unlike other tumors, does not go away even when it is dead. Normal tumors like to shrivel up and die, yet my tumor likes to still sit there even after death. So this means...!!! I will always feel like I have a brain tumor! How exciting! (sarcasm font needed) I will never know if my tumor is dead because it will always always forever always feel like I have an active tumor. This is why MRI scans for the rest of my life are crazy important so that they can always measure my tumor to see if it is active (and thus, growing) against previous scans.
*So, despite my tumor not being cancer, it is still just as evil because it never goes away. It is always just hanging out in my brain sitting on my arteries and making me feel horrible. That said, my doctor said I was a real trooper and that kind of made me smile! I then told him that I am looking forward to feeling like ass for the next 50 years and that kind of made him smile!
*He thinks there is only a 5-10% chance that the tumor will ever "activate" again, yet, that said - it has "activated" once before so it sadly could again. BUT - that means there is a 90% chance that I will hopefully never have another active brain tumor again!
*So - another MRI coming this holiday season! I will for the rest of my life always feel like I have an active brain tumor! The coffee up at CARTI is surprisingly good! The lady going in for her treatment before me said, "This better not take long because I have shit to do today"! Exclamation points for the power of positive thinking/typing! Exclamation points for the power of positive thinking/typing! !!!
*Saw my lovely oncologist this morning. He thinks December is a good time to do another MRI (my 8th one!) to see if my tumor responded to the radiation treatment.
*He reminded me that my tumor, unlike other tumors, does not go away even when it is dead. Normal tumors like to shrivel up and die, yet my tumor likes to still sit there even after death. So this means...!!! I will always feel like I have a brain tumor! How exciting! (sarcasm font needed) I will never know if my tumor is dead because it will always always forever always feel like I have an active tumor. This is why MRI scans for the rest of my life are crazy important so that they can always measure my tumor to see if it is active (and thus, growing) against previous scans.
*So, despite my tumor not being cancer, it is still just as evil because it never goes away. It is always just hanging out in my brain sitting on my arteries and making me feel horrible. That said, my doctor said I was a real trooper and that kind of made me smile! I then told him that I am looking forward to feeling like ass for the next 50 years and that kind of made him smile!
*He thinks there is only a 5-10% chance that the tumor will ever "activate" again, yet, that said - it has "activated" once before so it sadly could again. BUT - that means there is a 90% chance that I will hopefully never have another active brain tumor again!
*So - another MRI coming this holiday season! I will for the rest of my life always feel like I have an active brain tumor! The coffee up at CARTI is surprisingly good! The lady going in for her treatment before me said, "This better not take long because I have shit to do today"! Exclamation points for the power of positive thinking/typing! Exclamation points for the power of positive thinking/typing! !!!