Just a little update on me... I haven't had chemo for almost five months now! When I stopped chemo my levels were at 5.something and without chemo they just have been dropping slowly. They are now at .7. My doctors favorite thing to say to me is "I'm very puzzled," in her Jamaican accent. She said it's good that it is dropping on its own, but doesn't understand it and is vey puzzled. In order to be considered normal my levels need to be under .5. Origanilly, once my levels got to normal I would do an extra six weeks of chemo, but that last time I talked to my doctor she said if my levels don't go back up then I'm done if chemo. I'm trying not to get my hopes up because she has been known to change her story.
I asked her if I could get my port out and she said no... I was bummed because it is so annoying. And every once in a while Eason will find it and start playing with it...it's just annoying. If this cancer is going to come back, it is likely to happen in the first six months after stopping chemo. So only two more months and I'm in the clear. Then at six months, I can get my port removed!
