| May 7, 2002- OK, I really should have written in my journal last night, but it wasn't exactly the first thing on my mind. You see, yesterday we got some great news. I went to see the Dr. Agha, and he had gotten all of my test results back. Even the bone marrow, which I thought would take at least a week to get back to us. Anyway, everything came back clean. Perfectly normal. Not a single trace of cancer in my body that the tests are able to detect. Now, does that mean I'm cured...not quite yet. But is it reason to celebrate? You bet your ass it is. All of the chemo is working and from everything the doctors can tell I'm going to live to a ripe old age. The reason they dont call it a cure yet is becuase of how cancer can work sometimes. It really will be another five years until they say I'm cured. Until then I'll just be happy to remain in Complete Remission. The doctor told me that I'll have to get a lot of tests and stuff done every 2-3 months for the next few years so that if my cancer comes back we can find out right away, and I'm all for that. I mean, IF it comes back I want to get rid of it again. But I'm not even thinking about that now. I'm just to happy to know that for now my body is back to normal, well except for the chemo. But that will be over soon enough, and becuase it worked I won't have to continue more than my six treatments. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday present. (My birthday being the 11th and all). It just really makes me feel good knowing that everything is going to be alright for a change, instead of just believing everything will be alright. Now I have the proof, I've beaten cancer. And now that I've done it once, I know if the remote possibility of it ever coming back I can beat it again. Soon this will all be over, and I can't wait. I just want to be back to normal, and it looks like that won't be to far away now. |