When I went in for the CT Scan on Tuesday, I asked the nurse if she could also take the blood draw that I was due for while they had my port hooked up. That night I got the results. Everything was normal except for 2 things. My White Blood Cell count was low and my Lymphocytes (a type of WBC) were low. I freaked out a little and sent a crazy paranoid email to my doctor.

Her nurse responded back yesterday and let me know that they are not concerned about the low counts. I’m probably just fighting something off. I told her that I was also paranoid that I hadn’t heard anything about my CT Scan so she went ahead and released the results to me:

Further regression in mediastinal residual lymph nodal prominence to where gross size and configuration appears normal. No new abnormalities identified. The CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis is otherwise negative.

Translation: “Hey, you have a giant dead tumor in your chest, but I guess for you that’s pretty normal.”

Further Translation: Win!

We still meet with my oncologist on Friday so she can kick the tires and get another co-pay out of me. But for now, it looks like we are good for another 3 months! I already can’t wait to freak out nervous anticipation again in early October. It will be a GREAT way to celebrate my first “cancerversary.”

I don’t know what the traditional gift is for the first cancerversary, but I think it’s paper…