Results are back, and off to Toronto

I had my Ct scan which lasted all of maybe 10 minutes.  I had to drink Gastograph beforehand (MMM MMM...) and was injected with a lot of dye.  I questioned the radiology tech as she wasn't going to cover my exposed PICC for the length of the Ct (it was accessed for the dye).  I refused to put my arms above my head without her covering my PICC with a piece of gauze, kept in place with tape.  Perhaps I sounded a little b*tchy but seriously- it's serious business if you get an infection there.  During chemo, the nurses are always covering it and very cautious that nothing touches it and it remains sterile.  

I got the results from my Ct on Nov 5th.  My oncologist explained that there was "some response" with the chemo.  The tumours (all about the size of the tip of your baby finger) have shrunk a tiny bit although they are all still in the cavity between my lungs, in my lungs and in my abdomen.  The tumour growing off of my sacrum is also the same size which confused me.  When I was first re-diagnosed I was on 48mgs of (long-acting) Dilaudid a day and now I am down to 12mgs, and continue to decrease that amount every 3 mgs until I can hopefully get off of it altogether.  So, if the tumour is the same size, how am I not experiencing ANY pain, especially like I was in June?  My oncologist said that it is possible that those cells are dead.  Your body dissolves dead cells but when they are clumped together like that it may not happen as quickly.  So- I am hoping and assuming that those are all dead.  That is the only explanation that makes sense to me.

My oncologist had already been in touch with doctors in Toronto before she met with us.  A few months ago we had asked that I be able to get a referral to Toronto after my chemo was complete.  I was told I would be going to Toronto to meet with a Radiation Oncologist, a Medical Oncologist and a surgeon at the Princess Margaret Hospital.  There is also a new clinical trial starting in early December that I will find out if I am eligible for.

I have my appointment in Toronto on the 19th of this month.  I am anxious to see what they have to say.

That is all of my news for now.  I feel great and have been juicing twice a day- gross but I know it is good for me!