Heather had a pumpkin carving get together at her place. I carved a wicked awesome pumpkin. Other people carved some great ones, too. After we carved, we ate a l33t k-rad pumpkin spice cake in the shape of an actual pumpkin. Crazy times we live in.
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Clear PET
The results of last Friday’s (extremely unpleasant) PET scan came in today: all clear, no evidence of disease. This was the expected result, so everything proceeds according to plan. I should contact the radiation oncologist and start radiation treatment in a few weeks after Ed’s not wedding.
r0x0r~
Condo search complete
I’ve found a condo I love and I’m buying it. I’ll upload some pictures I’ve taken soon, but for now that link to the listing will have to suffice.
It’s at 1406 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, which is a super urban neighborhood, yet it feels very private inside. It’s got a fair bit of space, a few cool skylights, and one super awesome tiny room that has like a 30 foot ceiling of all skylight.
The only 2 downsides are a lack of parking nearby for visitors and no real view of anything out of the few windows. The place still has a good bit of natural light because of the skylights, so I don’t really mind the lack of windows and it adds to the feeling of privacy.
I’m sure I’ll post more about it later. But I need to get back to work!
Chemo done (we hope)
This past Friday was hopefully my last dose of chemo. It was the 6th total dose and the end of my 3rd cycle. So now I’ll get a PET scan next Friday and, assuming the results say I show no cancer, I’ll stop chemo and move on to radiaiton for 4-8 weeks starting mid November. If the PET shows I do still have cancer, which, by all accounts is extremely unlikely, it’s back to the chemo drawing board. Got to get ‘er done before sealing the deal with rads.
Each time at chemo definitely gets harder. I have a ton of anticipatory nausea these days (that is, a Pavlovian response just to going into the place or thinking about the therapy that makes me want to throw up). It was great having Heather with me there yesterday to take my mind off of things. Would have been much harder alone. This morning, so far, though, so good. I have head and stomach aches, but much of that just means I haven’t had anything to eat or drink yet today.
As for weekend plans, I intende to watch all of season 1 of Lost.