Steve has now been in remission for 2 months and life is GREAT! On May 11th Steve had a follow up with the Radiation Oncologist and everything went well and she doesn't want to see him again until November. Today Steve had his follow up appointment with the Medical Oncologist and she said everything is looking good and he will see her again in August when he has a CT scan (He will have CT scans every 6 months for 2 years). She stated that they will no longer do PET scans unless the CT scan shows something concerning or he is systematic again. She indicated that PET scans are not used routinely after being treated for Hodgkin's and especially with Steve's history of inaccurate scans they don't want to do one unless they absolutely need to.
How is Steve doing overall? Each day gets better and better. He is slowly getting his energy back and the neck pain isn't as severe as it was last month. Dr. Beck recommended doing physical therapy to try and reduce the pain but of course Steve turned it down and said if it isn't better next month he will consider it.
Last, over the past couple of months I have had a few individuals that have contacted me because they have been diagnosed with cancer or know someone that has been diagnosed and they would like to know how Steve and I made those very crucial decisions when our whole world was spinning and things were coming at us so fast. And since this blog was primary created to help others who would face these same challenges Steve has faced. I have decided I will start putting those questions on here with answers to help those that are frantically looking for people that have been down the same road they are headed down. I definitely know that it helped Steve and I so much too actually read others that have been there and beat this horrible disease. So in the next week or two I will post those questions and answer them for those of you that are looking for strengthen, guidance, reassurance or whatever it maybe to hopefully make it a little less traumatic.
