March 14, 2026
Happy spring! It’s been crazy warm here with basically no snow this winter. It’s made it a bit easier to get outside but also worrisome.
One thing I try not worry about is this damn cancer. There is a lot about my situation that is out of my control. Sometimes it’s hard not to worry and in those cases I only give my self a set amount of time and then I put the worry away.
It’s been a wild three months.
🌷 Radiation to my C1 last fall looks like it was successful in stopping that cancer lesion.
🌷 I was taking a walk in January and my hip/femur (greater trochanter) fractured. It was minor and no longer hurts. Still, walking may = fracture.
🌷 This week I had 5 doses of radiation on that fracture to try to knock down the cancer and reduce any further fracture.
🌷 This week I had a total of 8 medical appointments (5 radiation, a PET scan, an oncology visit, and an echocardiogram).
🌷 PET scan results were not great. Looks like the cancer has gotten a bit more active. Looking at changing treatments.
As you’ve probably learned from me by now, there are a finite number of treatments. Once those run out there is nothing to stop the cancer.
How many treatment lines are there? It varies for each person depending on your cancer subtype. Exact number is unclear (but not a huge number, maybe 6-10ish?). The positive side is that research and clinical trials are making more drugs available all the time. The drug I’ve been on for the past 2 years was not an option for me when I was diagnosed! I just need more drugs to become available and approved!
I don’t know what I’ll do for my next reatment line. We are looking at a clinical trials.
Please, please, talk to your fiends, family and neighbors about how important it is for the federal government to pass budgets on time and to fund cancer research! I know several promising trials that have stopped because of all the nonsense going on with the budget and NIH. It’s not partisan, it’s life or death for some of us.
All of this being said, I’m optimistic that I’ll find a good next treatment and hope that the side effects will be minimal and it will be very effective.
In the meantime I’m doing all the things! So far this year I’ve taken ballet classes, a sketching class, Spanish lessons, signed up to work with a personal trainer and am looking into learning to knit. I have a few trips planned with the girls and will enjoy every single day.
Wishing you all a fantastic rest of March. I’ll share more when I know it.
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