Cancer Survivor Giving Thanks!

[Deadstream]

Modern medicine is amazing!    Best wishes JD.

[jdmidwest]

Yes it is. 

[jdmidwest]

Something more to be thankful for.  I was able to Fish a local lake for trout last Thursday.  Casting into a wind and landing a 14" trout did not cause the arm any pain to speak of.  I managed to get in an hour of fishing before dark.

Last weekend was spent on the Spring River, my first trip out since surgery.  Casting both a spin rod and fly rod worked well.  The arm performed good with a wrap on it for protection and support.  Fishing was fair, the river still running full. 

I enjoyed one of the most beautiful sunsets with a friend on the deck overlooking Lasseter's behind Riverview Motel.  Ducks were flying and a cold beer was in hand.  I count my blessings daily.  I can fish again and enjoy life.

 

[MOPanfisher]

Awesome.  Though I did laugh a little at the hair on the tongue, I was always told doing certain thing would cause hairy palms but not tongues.  Good to hear things are getting better, it's a great feeling to go to the dr. And get good news.

[jdmidwest]

7 Months down the road now and some change.  First CT scan with dye shows no trace of cancer.  Doc says it is what he expected since there was no trace in the lymph nodes at time of surgery.

He pointed out the little bump in my neck that feels like a BB is a coupler for the attachment point of the blood vessel.  The little stitch that has festered a few times and I have kept trimmed short when it pops out of my arm is attached to something important.  It finally healed over and my wrist is completely waterproof now.  It was worrying me that it was going to get infected wihen I dunked it releasing or boating fish.

Arm is running about 90 percent.  Neck still has stiff parts.  Tongue still has nice patch of hair on it.

Cancer Free.  Can't be much better than that.  Doc says my recovery and tongue were about as close to perfect as it could be.  My miracle continues.

[MOPanfisher]

Hell yeah!  It's always a good feeling to go to the cancer doc and get good news.  I go see mine tomorrow for my monthly visit and treatment.

[jdmidwest]

Monthly would suck pretty hard.  I am on a 3 month cycle.  Good luck tomorrow....

[MOPanfisher]

Thanks, I should have pointed out that the monthly check up and treatment are not a chemo treatment.  I do get an IV infusion of some stuff that strengthens and rebuilds bones, down side of it is that sometimes it really leaves me feeling like I was in a car wreck for a couple days.  I do take a daily chemo pill (that call it maintenance) but normally it doesn't make me sick, just sort of a drain on energy.  I can always tell whether I am going to see the NP or Oncologist.  NP usually 2 or 3 vials of blood drawn, if Dr. then usually 5, he does like to see all the tests. 

[jdmidwest]

Just walking into a hospital sucks for me. 

That headache I had all evening and today from the CT Dye is still a cakewalk from all of the other chemicals that could have been pumped in my body if I needed something else.  I was one of the lucky ones.

[Flysmallie]

Good luck to both of you. I have no love for cancer.