Next Step

It's finally official. Today my oncologist agreed that it is time to stop my chemotherapy treatments. We did the equivalent of 10 treatments. This is within the original 8-12 treatments he suggested back in May. I've been ready to stop for the last couple of treatments, and he encouraged me to go a couple more. The nausea has been getting progressively worse, and I have pretty significant neuropathy in my feet, and a mild case in my hands. Today, he said he was comfortable with stopping, if I was too. I am glad that I persevered through a couple more treatments than I wanted too, but I am glad to be finished.

I'm going to have new scans and blood work in January. It will be great to have at least month of my life being back to normal. I've been really busy these last two weeks trying to get caught up in grad school and teaching, but it's been awesome to be able to work that hard and start to feel like myself again.

Thank you to all of you for your prayers and encouragements. Many of you sent me cards and emails that meant so much to me. I can't tell you how much that has meant to me. I'm ready for the next phase of this journey. It's good to know that I have family and friends who daily hold me up in prayer and let me know they are thinking of me. Whatever happens in the future, I'm extremely grateful for that.