Semi-Good News!

So, I have some Semi-Good News, that I haven’t posted.  I went to the doctor on Friday, where I was told that the cancer is still present, and that I will need to continue my current course of treatment.  My current course of treatment is medication, that includes a great deal of steroids.  In addition to the meds, I am on a physical restriction.  I’m not allowed to walk more than three miles a day, I’m not allowed to run or jog.  I’m not allowed to go into the gym, or lift anything over 50 pounds.

I have been on this same course of treatment for the last two years.

I have been trying to count down the end of the medicine; because once my doctor releases me from this medicine, the weight that I’ve gained (a very personal insecurity) will melt away.  Considering I continue to take the steroids, no matter what, the weight that I have gained since the cancer recovery, it’s not going anywhere..

Anyway, Friday, my doctor told me, we should continue the treatment, which made me very sad.  I’m ready to stop taking this medicine, and I’m ready to lose the extra pounds that cancer and recovery have put on me.  It’s not even like I’ve gained 100’s of pounds, it’s actually a very small amount of weight that I’ve gained, but to me, it’s too much.

Late Saturday afternoon, I get this very unexpected telephone call from my doctor.

My doctor informed me that he’s sent some of my medical records to another specialist, and they think that the little amount of cancer that remains, will die throughout the last course of treatment, and everything will be over with.  So, to make a very confusing and very long medical conversation short, basically, after the second specialist reviews more information, they will change the dosage of medicine that I take.  Then, basically, I will go from a low to a new dosage high, which my doctor called a peak, and then I will reduce the medicine, to the point where I’m no longer taking it.

I hope to hear more about this over the next week, but, I should be able to start slowly (”very slowly” as my doctor worded it) get back into running, walking, and eventually working out.

So, a very long story short.  November 14th, I should know, if I can go and walk.  If I can go and walk three times a day.  *Huge Smile*

So, if that’s the case, I hope to start posting more about my personal health, or weight loss.  I hope, please keep me in your thoughts, the cancer is gone.  This long struggle, is over.  I know I keep harping on my weight, which is a very small aspect in the grand scheme of my health, but, my doctor told me.  If I were a woman, and had breast cancer, and one was removed.  I wouldn’t feel recovered, until I either have the other removed or had an implant.

So, me getting back to my origional weight, will mark my final recovery.

Keep me in your thoughts.