Results are in ...

I got the results from my brain MRI and blood tests today. The pituitary tumor is stable, and the rest of my brain "remains unremarkable". I love that wording! My tumor markers were both normal, which means ... I get to take a break from chemo! They checked my estradiol levels (estradiol is a form of estrogen) and I am not in menopause yet, despite monthly shots to shut down my ovaries. I suspect that I will have to start taking Tamoxifen again. And I will probably have my ovaries surgically removed sometime in the near future. But right now, I'm not worried about that ... just so happy to not have to get chemo for a while. Hopefully it'll be a good, LONG while!

Time for an update!

Things have been busy around here since we got back from our vacation. Ben started 2nd grade, and Sam started his last year of preschool. The pictures above are First Day of School pictures (unfortunately I didn't get them in for haircuts before school started!). Cello lessons have started up again, and Ben already had his first concert last week. He's also taking a basketball class in preparation for playing on a basketball team next month. Sam resumed swimming lessons and started playing Pre-K soccer. He had his first game this past weekend:

Needless to say, we spend a lot of time driving to and from school and the various activities!

I had a liver MRI last Friday and got the results today. The large tumor on the left lobe of my liver is still seen on the MRI, but according to the PET it is inactive and therefore not a cause for concern. The smaller satellite tumor is no longer seen. There is a lesion on the right lobe of my liver, but the radiologist thinks it is likely a hemangioma, which is a benign tumor made of blood vessels. I will have another MRI next month to check on it, but I just checked my MRI report from March and there was a lesion that was likely a hemangioma back then. So I am fairly confident that we are looking at a benign tumor. The overall impression of this current MRI is that there is "no evidence of progressive metastatic involvement". Yay!

Tomorrow I have a brain MRI to check on the pituitary tumor. If that is stable and my tumor markers (which they drew blood for today) haven't risen, I will finally get to take a break from chemo. I should get a call from my doctor on Thursday with all of those results, so I am holding my breath until then!