I am not looking forward to chemo tomorrow. But, at least I'll be able to say "only two left" after that. After I am done, we will do another MRI scan. It is not necessary for me to do a scan in between chemo treatments since we can FEEL progress being made. The tumors are definitely smaller and softer. Then we will plan out surgery. I am supposed to get surgery approximately 1 month after my last treatment. I will have more details about that later. But for those who have asked, they don't think I'll need any radiation because they anticipate all of the tumors to be gone from chemo- but if for some reason the node in my chest area is still infected, they would potentially radiate that area.
The other day my friend was talking to her Nana (grandma) on the phone, and was telling me how sad it is that two of her grand kids have gone through divorce recently. Instead of feeling sorry for Nana, all I could think about is how I envied her... because she has grand kids in their 40's! She is so fortunate to have lived long enough to even experience that. It sucks that no matter how long I'm a survivor (and I AM going to be a survivor) I will always have to live with a subliminal fear of recurrence. So I'm living one day at a time and taking nothing for granted!