OHSU

Brent and I have been married 10 years! We're both a little surprised that we get to do this cancer thing twice, but we're wading our way through it. Another bump in the road...

The doctor that I was referred to at OHSU is Mr. Busy, so I was transferred to referred doc #2, Dr. Kemmer, within the same office. They put a rush on checking out all of my pathology stuff so I could meet with her this week. Otherwise we were going to have to postpone/change our trip to Montana, so I am thrilled they were willing to work with me. They needed a bunch of info obviously, to be able to check everything out. I was surprised at the number of "things" I've had done that I'd blocked out. They wanted the pathology info from 5 years ago and the more recent stuff, blood work, bone scans, CT scans, PET scans, chemo info, radiation doctor. Wow. My medical file must be ridiculously thick. I hear a lot of "you are really healthy except for this cancer," type statements. It's rather comical by now. Yea, my lungs are in great shape except for that big nasty black spot trying to take over my body. I don't quite know how to respond, do you say thank you for that kind of statement? Is it a compliment?

I'm still kind of hoping they'll check out the pathology and decide they have this fancy new process they'd like me to do instead of chemo. It won't make me sick, I won't lose my hair, I'll feel totally and completely normal while killing the cancer at the same time. Totally logically hopeful. :)

I will meet with Dr. Lee (normal oncologist) August 7th, and I'm guessing we'll compare notes to Dr. Kemmer (OHSU doc) and make a plan from there.

In the meantime, I am fully enjoying my summer, loving feeling good, hanging out with the little dudes, and feeling relaxed. We'll see what Thursday brings!