Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Less is More

Finally, in the midst of all this madness, some good news...

According to the results of my PET Scan, my tumor is shrinking! Take that Little Hodgy!

After only one week of treatments, all of the tumors have shrunk. In my original scan back in December, my largest tumor in my chest was 7.7 x 5.3cm with an SUV of 15.2 (healthy cells have an SUV around 1). It currently measures 6.0 x 3.8cm with an SUV of 11.7. My neck tumor went from 6.8 x 2.5cm with an SUV of 10.5 to now currently measuring 5.8 x 2.2cm with an SUV of 5.9.

That's a lot of numbers, I know. But the real take away? Cancer is losing this battle and that makes all this shit worth it.

8 comments:

  1. Great news! You can't see me, but I'm jumping up and down and shouting! HELL YES!!!

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  2. Keep Going Dana...YOU CAN DO THIS!

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  3. YES!!! The news we've all been waiting to hear! The tide has turned. Hang in there Dana and Brad. Soon you'll be together.

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  4. THIS IS AMAZINGGGGGGGG i love you

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  5. This is such wonderful news!!!!!!!

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  6. Tears of joy for you!! Love you tons. xoxo

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  7. AMAZING!!!!!! Thank you for updating this blog so often in the midst of your busy schedule. This is great, great, news. I think of you often Dana and praying. So thrilled for you.

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  8. Bravo, Dana! I have been wondering (and worrying) how everything was going, so am very happy to read this. When you come home, I can teach you ALL kinds of GREAT things...the latest, "Greens in Glass", yes!

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