Team Jenny!

I met with my new doc today, Dr Grant who will be doing my radiation treatment. He seems like a great doctor. He had ordered an MRI that I had done earlier this week. He wanted to see if he could see anything that the PT scan may have missed last week. The MRI was just of my abdomen area. And he did find something! A really small tumor that is sitting right on a nerve next to my spine. That would explain the discomfort and the strange feeling I’ve been having in that area. He said he was confident that the radiation would take care of that tumor and help with the discomfort. I’m so relieved! It’s been more painful and nagging this week. I will start radiation on April 1st and go every other week day for 5 treatments at the cancer center at IMC. They will also radiate the tumor on my adrenal gland. Praying for good results and praying that the radiation doesn’t harm other nearby organs too much. This is always the risk with cancer treatments I guess. The side effects should be minimal🙏

 “Here comes the sun…and I say, it’s alright.” -The Beatles- I love it when things start growing in my flowerbeds. It reminds me that warmer days are ahead. A couple of cute little wild pansies have emerged and it makes me so happy.  This past week was scan week and meeting with my doc to see how the oral chemo treatment has been working. I’m always so glad when that week is behind me. As I’ve said before I am usually a complete anxious mess. This time there was a calmness though. I didn’t feel the crippling anxiety that I normally feel. I was so thankful for that. I don’t know what the difference was. Maybe I’m just getting more used to weeks like these and realizing they are my reality for the rest of my life.  The best thing that Dr Low said yesterday was: “  Last year at diagnosis If you’d asked me what I would’ve liked to see on a scan a year later, this is exactly what I would’ve hoped to see!” That was comforting. Most all of the tumors are stable! The oral chemo has done a pret