Sometimes, the calls are worth the wait!!
Scan days are hell!! That’s the truth of it….
It doesn’t matter if you’re feeling pretty good. It doesn’t matter if you’ve tolerated the chemo or radiation fairly well. When it’s time for a look inside to see what’s going on, it’s a scary day.
I remember walking into the waiting room where everyone had the same look on their faces. Anticipation in their eyes and worry on their brows. Then came the “fruit flavored” drink. Not a great way to start the day. And finally the all-call; you hear your name and through the door that leads to the blood pressure tests and “before scan” review and then into the room to face the machine that will tell the tale.
Will something light-up and spell c-a-n-c-e-r ? Is it growing in the liver now, or maybe in the lung? Did the chemo shrink the original tumor site? When you get down to it, when you’re in for your scan, there’s really only a couple of important questions bouncing around in your head. Is it gone? Is there more of it?
My friend went through this on Friday. He’s battling colon cancer and there was some concern about a spot.
He waited and waited and got the call from his doctor. All clear. Good to go. Proceed to the final round of chemotherapy, some recovery time to allow all that poison to kill any cells still floating around and then life. Life as he remembers it, before the treatments, before the scans, before the phone calls that seemed to take forever.
But sometimes, those calls are worth the wait!!
September 29, 2012 @ 10:32 pm
I can not image the pain and agony that the family is faicng, but I do know that there is a God and he is with Baby Ava every minute of every day. I am praying for her recovery and praying for her family to have the strength to face this head on. I recently read a great book that I think would be of comfort to the family. It is called The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven by Alex Malarkey. I will continue to raise baby Ava up in prayer and hold her in my thoughts.
September 27, 2012 @ 6:50 pm
Fidning this post has answered my prayers
September 18, 2012 @ 8:12 am
Laurie, glad to hear about your friend. While awaiting the results of the scan causes the stress levels to go off the charts because your mind plays the “what if” games. Many of us have received really good news calls and then at other times really bad news calls. Because we know what the really bad news calls bring forth, we are often unable to “shut-off” our minds to even contemplate what the really good news calls mean.
Mo, prayers for your friend.
September 17, 2012 @ 8:26 pm
I’m so glad your friend has received such good news. So good to go!
A friend of mine has stage 4 colon cancer, is just finishing the eleventh of 12 chemo treatments. Today, we received news that his “body, mind, and heart are rebelling”, the treatments have become so hard on him. Please keep him in your thoughts, in your healing and prayer circles. He’s a superb artist and an extraordinary person.
September 18, 2012 @ 4:37 pm
Mo…prayers and good thoughts to your friend. Sometimes it’s just more than a body, mind and heart can handle.
L
September 27, 2012 @ 4:27 pm
Hey, that’s pofweurl. Thanks for the news.
September 29, 2012 @ 10:48 pm
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September 17, 2012 @ 8:00 pm
Congratulations to your friend! It is so good to hear someone is getting good news.
September 27, 2012 @ 2:46 pm
Thguhot it wouldn’t to give it a shot. I was right.