Check-ups

I'm not going to MD Anderson a fraction of the time, but when I do, I'm spending most of my day there. Yesterday, I had blood work, met with Dr. Ibrahim (breast oncologist) and Dr. Weston (Gastroenterologist at MDA that monitors the cyst in my pancreas).  I was under the impression that the checkups would get further and further apart until they felt it was no longer necessary. Apparently, they will both follow me forever. I was a little shocked about that at first... But I guess it can't be a bad thing to have doctors in one of the best institutions keep an eye on you, right?

Dr. Ibrahim said my blood work and tumor markers looks great! As long as symptoms don't present themselves or blood work looks off, I will not be getting surveillance MRI's or CT scans.
He will continue to see me every 4 months for blood tests and checkups.

Dr. Weston wants me to have an in-depth MRI and CT combo of the pancreas, but not until May of 2021. The appointment ALREADY showed up in my MDA portal. ha!

It has been 2 years since I started this blog. Two years since I was diagnosed. And 2 years since I felt that life would never be normal again. BUT... I'm seeing glimpses of normalcy and it makes me so happy!  I'm taking my time, but little by little I'm getting stronger physically.  My babies seem completely unaffected by the past 2 years, which is such a HUGE relief to me. I still have some minor residual treatment symptoms but it's completely manageable. I do wish I could remove certain dates from the calendar because I find myself re-living those dates (some form of PTSD maybe?). Still, I continue to feel appreciative of this GREAT life and I wouldn't change a single thing. 💗