I was awakened by the glow from the pending sunrise, and ran out and got it before it faded.  I had my 3 month check up today, which included blood work and my monthly port flush. A new nurse was learning how to access ports, and I allowed her to do the port draw and flush on me as part of her training. She is the 5th trainee to work on me so far; however, she was the first to miss one of my ports and skewer me.  Laurie said I can’t really complain, however, since I have poked a needle through Stretch’s skin and run solution all over Stretch and the counter.

All my blood work was normal, and the doctor couldn’t feel any lumps or other abnormalities, but since I still have a lot of fatigue, have lost a lot of strength, etc., she decided to check my thyroid and testosterone since chemo tends to wipe out both; therefore, I had to have more blood drawn — I had them draw it from my arm, because I didn’t want my port poked again.

We scheduled a PET scan for June 21st, which will be 2 years since I became one of Dr Marshall’s patients. I look forward to celebrating solstice with a good PET scan. Dr. Marshall said after two years, the chance of the cancer recurring goes way down.