I've been getting serious flak from my editor for not posting more often. She's right; I'm really a very lazy person. But, as I'm sure she would admit if pressed, also very lovable, which I'd say makes up for my few minor deficiencies.
I finally got the results of my last PET scan yesterday. Though not completely clear (darn it), the mass has shrunk from the last scan and the little bit of glowing that remains is, according to Jason, most likely not cancer but rather some inflammation. There's no way to tell from the scan if it's cancer or not, but he and the doc are certain that the radiation treatments will eliminate any cancer that may remain. I'll get a final PET scan about a month after the radiation is completed. Yesterday I had a CT scan at BMC to prepare for the radiation. Over the next two weeks a team consisting of the radiation oncologist, a physicist and I'm not sure who else, will plan the course of treatment and lay out the exact parameters for the X-ray machine. They even try the plan out with a dummy before they start on me (no wisecracks please). So I should start the treatments about the end of May and finish up about a month later.
It's the rainy season here in the Berkshires, along with the rest of the East Coast. We've been getting as much of the outside work done as possible when we can. I'm waiting for a break in the weather so I can repair the steps and the siding damaged by the fallen tree. Other than that we manage to keep busy with getting the house in order and preparing for Jill and Normunds' party.
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