If you have seen my Facebook status, you will already know I've had some good news today. I had my (midway through chemo) MRI on Wednesday and ot the results today.
Dr R said it was literally the best scan he'd ever seen- my progress has exceeded all expectations! Infact having seen the images myself, the difference is amazing, after only three months of chemo, you can hardly see anything at all and the white edges (which indicate active cancer cells) have completely disappeared!
I'm not completely out of the woods yet (Not that you ever really are after a brain tumour anyway), I still have to complete my next three cycles of chemo and then have another MRI. Also Dr R is actually considering extending my chemo to another two cycles (bringing it up to 8) to make sure I have the best chance of getting the tumour to stay dormant as long as possible- this is not entirely without risk as they don't eant to reduce my blood count too much in case I need further chemo in the future, so he'll monitor the rest of my progress and make an informed decision. Although I do not relish extra chemo, I would like to be without cancer for as long as possible, caan't help but be chuffed with todays results.
Thanks to everyone who has been reading this blog and supporting me so far, I will be continuing to post until the end of my treatment, and will be keeping (as ever) my Just Giving page open so I can raise more money for BT Buddies.
Also this month (March) is Brain Tumour Awareness month, so have a look on the BT buddies website and learn a bit more about what they do and how brain tumours affect diffferent people.
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