Today we met with Dr. Whizenant he told us the CT scan looked good - no cancer and blood work looked good so, cancer is GONE! Right now we are dealing with the blood clot. The Dr. wants Chris to stay on Lovenox or Cumadin for a year but Chris refuses. He says that he's been down this road 12 years ago and he doesn't want too. The Dr. got Chris to agree to take Lovenox (which is more money and work -shot every12 hours versus a pill) for the next 2 months then will talk again about it. Dr. says that sometimes a clot will form somewhere else if he doesn't continue to use a blood thinner. The Dr. said that being on Lovenox will make it easier for Chris to "romp around" than Cumadin, that's another reason Chris wants to stop any blood thinner- he is ready to run, jump, ride his bike etc., etc. which the Dr. said he could do.
We did address the "dumping syndrome" he told us to try all the pills (pancreatic enzymes etc.)Chris has been taking for awhile longer that things might change after chemo is out of his system. Chris will have another CT scan in April and then one in Dec. Chris asked the Dr. if he had to have a colonoscopy and of course the answer was "yes." One thing that the Dr. said that made my "Negative Nellie" the "glass is half empty" attitude come out is he said that he "wanted to warn us" that a blood clot could be bad. Studies show that a blood clot can be a precurser to cancer! However, 12 years ago, when Chris was dong the same chemo he had a blood clot caused by the chemotherapy and not by cancer. It happened 6 months into that old treatment and here we are 6 months with the current treatment and a blood clot again. He thinks it has nothing to do with cancer and everything to do with the chemotherapy. I still worry though.
This is when I get to tell myself over and over again that I will be positive that I can handle anything. To not think about it. The "glass is half full" (so not me). Thank goodness I have Chris who is a positive thinker :).
We have another appointment in 3 months. We sure do appreciate all your, love, support, and prayers that have carried Chris and I through this time in our lives. THANK YOU ALL!