Apologies to everyone that has emailed or otherwise been in touch to ask for an update on my last scan results. It continues to amaze me that so many people I have never even met have become so supportive of my cancer journey. I've been busy with work and life generally, and enjoying the long stretches of time - perhaps even a week at a time - when I almost forget about the whole cancer thing.
The CT scan result was all clear. I'm struggling to get very excited about that because I have little trust in CT scans after they failed to detect my liver rumours when I was first diagnosed. If there wasn't an issue with excessive radiation exposure I'd be asking to do a PET scan every time.
My next big PET scan is booked for December 16th, and I get results on the 19th. As these dates start to approach I'm beginning to question whether the timing was a good idea. When I originally booked it I figured it would be nice to go into the Christmas holiday period knowing where I stood. It would be an awesome Christmas if I got a clear scan. However now I'm thinking about how crap Christmas will be if I get a bad scan. Not sure yet, but I'm considering delaying the scan to early in the new year for this reason.
Otherwise, life goes on. I've been trying to help where I can on the assisted dying legislation campaigns in Australia - right now centered in Western Australia. Work continues to be a mental mental struggle - juggling natural ambition and the desire to do more, with the constant fear of a cancer recurrence. We've also been putting a lot of effort into the garden and recently launched a new site to make selling our honey easier - checkout highlandurbanfarm.com.
I'll try and be better on the updates ! Keep well all.