That's HUGE!
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Is what people usually say when they learn of the size of my brain tumor. And it was.
Monday was scan day. Tuesday I received this voicemail from my Ninja Neurologist:
"Hi Lisa, I just wanted to let you know that I looked at the films of your brain taken yesterday, and good news - everything looks significantly better. There is a substantial decrease in the size of that mass. And the degree of shift caused by all the swelling is almost completely resolved, so it looks like all this therapy is working. Just thought you'd want to know - see you later this month."
Tears running down my face, I did the Tom-Cruise-couch-jump-for-joy, right then and there. Oprah even came over for it.
Wednesday I saw my Uber-Oncologist, and he confirmed the HUGE-ness of the news - my latest scan does in fact show a significant decrease in the size of the tumor - from 8.4cm long X 4cm in diameter to 6cm long X 3cm in diameter. More than a 50% reduction in volume!
He concluded our meeting with, "You can move up north anytime, as far as I'm concerned."
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Whoo-hoo!
I'm dancing on the couch for you too! Keep up the good work and positive thinking. You inspire me every day!
Hugeness
Lisa:
That is GREAT news! We are all so happy for you!
Congratulations!!! Bite it, tuber!
What a fantastic start to the new year! Congratulations. I am so very happy for you. I'm sure this is only the first good news of many reports to come!
-Kristina
I need a new couch, now, too.
Phew! 2009 may have sucked ass big-time, but 2010 is going to be your year, sister. What friggin' awesome, tear-popping news to ring in the new year with. You're on my mind. xoxo
Laurel
stating the obvious!
...which is that I'm SO HAPPY to see this news the first time that I stop by Girlbert!!! I've not seen posts from you on Facebook or Twitter, which are the quickie sites I've been able to check while traveling and running around in the holiday craziness, and I was getting worried about you!! SO happy, and NOT actually surprised about this news.
i also just wanted to share with you that i'm grateful to you for your last post, the one that you had almost wanted to write in a negative manner (boy, have i been there!) ... and all of what you wrote about how it helps you to write about and focus on the positive, the good. it really just helped me, something just hit home with me in the words you wrote about for every bad, a good comes too and is always coming around again ... I LOVE THAT, and i am ashamed to say i have yet to master this focus on the positive, on the light and on the life in every day as you have seemed to do! thanks for being such a good teacher in this matter!!! isn't blogging and writing and sharing our experiences this way just the coolest thing!!!!????
xoxox and all the positive vibes, as always!!!
love, tanya............. p.s. also, i've never taken steroids as long as you, but i have used them for shorter term treatments on my stubborn migraine inflammation ... and i know just what you mean about kinda liking a part of that manic energy and somewhat euphoric piece of the experience. always sad to lose that bit of it! :) hope you are getting well and past all of that though. they aren't much fun overall, i know.
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