Charm picked me up about 8:30 or so and drove us up to Jackson for my CT scan appointment. It was a pretty nice day. She said there was fog up her way at Boulder Lake but she really didn't get into it on her snow machine, it lifted just before she got to where it was sitting. We had a little fog and quite a bit of cloudiness on the way. I took more photos and thought some of them turned out nice. The rivers seem more open each time we go and it is very early for that.
We were almost an hour early as we pulled into Jackson, so decided to go to Virginia's to photograph her vases (remember the ones that came over from England on a ship and then across the country in the disastrous Willie Handcart Company.) They are gorgeous. It was planned we would go over after the appointment or not at all because they needed to go visit Calvin's mother about 2 pm. We visited there a little then went on over to the hospital. They got me right in for the scan on time.
My report was very good today. I waited just a few minutes afterwards and the doctor had checked the pictures. He said there was xxx improvement, since the last time they scanned in mid-December. I was stunned. I had expected either that the lesions had stayed the same, or maybe gotten worse. Before the scans always showed they were stable and not growing, with some improvement. A couple of times ago they could not see the pancreatic tumor, which doesn’t mean its not there. This was a more substantial improvement. So I get the three months off.
They took the picc line out of my arm It just slipped right out and didn't feel a thing, or no bleeding. I can take a real shower now!! No more going to the Pinedale clinic flushing for the next three months. Just probably going there to check the Coumadin level.
It was much more emotional today, just knowing the results. I was expecting it to be stable or worse, but not improved. Unless I have problems in the next 3 mo. I do not need to go back to Oncology. I’m to call for an appointment in May.
I’d like to be down in Vegas when Justin’s baby is born so I could see both great grandkids. And am more seriously considering the trip to Atlanta – it won’t really be the city, but we will go up into the Blue Ridge Mountains. Bonnie says she would like to go along, and will pick me up if I fall over on the trip. Peggy (Joe's cousin) called me and seems eager for us to come and to show us around. Cousin Iris from Houston also plans to go at the same time. Joe said no he doesn’t want to go, anyway who would watch the dogs.
We had lunch at the Bunnery. Bought some pastries and rolls there. Shopped at Albertson's for groceries and fresh vegetables. Got some good bargains on fish and bacon from the butcher's counter. So when I got home got all that unloaded and put away, made some blue cheese dip made, cleaned all the veggies and sliced the mushrooms for the linguini with clam sauce (changed to that from the bean casserole) and got the strawberries cleaned and sliced for shortcake, anything else I could do ahead for our small painting group which will meet here tomorrow and have lunch. Mopped the wood floors with murphy’s oil soap and after doing all the sinus regime and getting pills taken, about 11 p.m. headed for bed.
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