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Cloudy ☁️

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 It’s crazy to think that a week ago today I was on cloud 9. Things looked stable and I was ready to go live my best life. Today I’m not on a cloud…I’m maybe under a gray cloud? Things will get better…I just need to process.  Update: I had an MRI done on the spot on my neck on Tuesday. What my Dr thought was 99% going to be fine was not😢 it is indeed a tumor on my spinal cord. Not a good place for a tumor. I’m going to have to do radiation on it to try and shrink it. I’ll start later in August after a family trip (which I’m so grateful they’re allowing me to take) and I’ll be going every day to have radiation for 5 straight weeks. Yikes. I’m not having any symptoms of like numbness or anything so that’s good. Hopefully we caught it small enough to be able to have it shrink a little and keep it at bay. Because it’s now on my spinal cord they want to do an MRI of my brain next week. I’m sure praying it hasn’t spread there. I’m so sick of scans and blood draws I could puke. My platelet l

Stable Mable Returns!

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 Got some good news today! After a scan this past week we met with Dr. Low this afternoon to go over results. He said those amazing words “everything looks stable” and as I’ve said before. Stable is a pretty good place to be! There are still tumors, I still have cancer, but it’s just hanging out in there for now and not growing or spreading.  The last scan I had was maybe in February? That was the time that there were two naughty tumors that needed radiation. The scans showed that those had both shrunk (ever so slightly, but still…they shrunk!) after radiation I did a couple more rounds of oral chemo.  I’ve been a wreck a lot of this week anticipating this appointment today. I just hate waiting for results so badly. And always fear the worst. I know so many were praying for me this week and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I can always feel the prayers and good vibes and my anxiety seems a tad bit less:)  There is one teeny tiny hiccup. There was a new spot on the scan that Dr