14 month post follow up

I had a routine CT scan today. It's been 14 months since I finished treatments.  Come this fall it will have been 2 years since my diagnosis.

Here's the exciting part: New Barium shake flavor CITRUS

 It was not bad.  Though it still tasted like it was flavored by a guy who who grew up in a lab and never went out doors, and was told what citrus should taste like without having a basic concept of what fruit is.  Other than that, it wasn't bad.

My visit went like this:
Doctor: 

"Everything is fine, and where it should be.  Though how's your weight?"
Me:
"Sometimes about 5 lbs over or under where I usually am."
Doc:
 "More like 10."
Me:
"...yeeeah."

So I have another short check in in the fall and another scan in the winter.  I have about 3 3/4 more years left of follow ups and and scans.  Though in about a little over 1 1/2 years from now, I can just get a scan once a year instead of every 6 months.

We also celebrated Wendy's birthday.  I made a double layer coconut cake. I usually don't like coconut, but I made an exception.

It took her like 15 seconds to blow out the candle.

1 Year Post Treatments

A couple of weeks ago I had my 1 year anniversary from finishing all of my cancer treatment.

In the past few months, I've slowly regained my stamina and energy, and have improved greatly.  I'm not quite 100%, but I'm about 90% the way there.

I have another CT scan coming up in June (and 4 more years of check ups before I'm pronounced "cured"), and it should be like my last one: NED (No Evidence of Disease).

Critical notes:  

• They have a new barium CT contrast flavor!  CITRUS.  I imagine it will taste like it was made by a guy who has never left a lab his whole life who tried to to make something taste like "citrus" from having it described to him.
• My hair this past couple of weeks has finally returned to it's pre-cancer form, part in the middle and all.

My closest friends threw me a 1 year post-cancer treatment party.  It was great.

Cancer SMASH

Babies everywhere

Appropriate

 Get out of here

 A VERY old obscure joke between friends

 They needed a break too

 I stole their pictures for the blog (I hope they don't find out)

 She wished me a happy birthday about 4 times

"Here's your cancer cake! ...that... name doesn't sound right" 

Still a nope