SORRY...I need to keep up here huh?

Since I was discharged home from OSU on February 5th things have been wonderful! I had the colostomy placed on my right upper abdomen area and it works fabulously! LOVE IT!! I bet most people aren't EXCITED to have a colostomy bag hanging around but it has been a God send for me. My tailbone & butt pain have gone from a 9 (on 1-10 scale) to a 2. Some days I barely have any pain!!!! Thank you God!!! I do still take my round-the-clock methadone but have rarely needed anything else for breakthrough pain. Wahooooooooooooooo....

Visit with Dr. O'Malley on March 2nd-
So Gary, my Mom and my daughter went with me to this appt. We thought we might have to make some serious decisions about the next step, which could include surgery, but Doc put me on a hormone Aromasin instead. I don't know a lot about it but he says there have been many studies where this drug has kept tumors from growing. So, I sure was glad he wanted to try something else besides surgery. NOT ready for that yet!!

So home I go, feeling great and excited that I get to enjoy some nice weather! Now that I am on less pain meds I have my senses back and can now drive again and go places! Thank God, that was getting real old! My next appt will be June 1st. I will have a CT done the week prior to that and then we will see what the options are at this point.

I also have great news about my old port sites! The one on my chest is completely healed and the one on my left arm only has a pin size hole. So those no longer cause me pain either! :)

As for my Mom and her cancer, her liver tumor grew 1cm this time so Dr. Ghaney is sending her to an Interventional Radiologist. She is now off her chemo also. The Riverside doc will place radiation beads in her liver and try to zap it that way. Oh course she has been upset about this. Many prayers for my Mom also. Thank you!!!