my good news bad news

[juanita]

I saw my onc for a checkup today. Everything was good. My tumor markers are the lowest that they have ever been. He doesn't believe in scans unless something warrants it, which nothing does. i feel really good. I'll ask about scans in July when I go back. Now for my bad news. I've posted before about one of the ladies i work with having (not bc related) cancer in her lungs, liver, glands, and nodes. She finshed chemo about 1 1/2 months ago and had scans (full body) done to see how well it had responded. They told her everything looked good, it wasn't even showing up in her lungs or nodes anymore, and her liver had really shrunk. She was just waiting for her white counts were completely up to come back to work. They called us today and she's now in ICU. It's in her brain and there is so much swelling she can't function. She told them she doesn't want anymore chemo. In a weird way I almost feel guilty because I've been so lucky in the past 2 1/2 years, when her's has progressed so fast in just 7 months. It really make me realize how lucky I really am. And having all of you here makes me feel even luckier because I'm sure all of you know what I'm saying to where nobody else does.