December 6, 2024. Can you believe that a year ago today I had the last focal radiation treatment for the nodules in my right lung? And November 8th was the anniversary of my last infusion of magrolimab and sacituzumab! I guess you could say that health wise, I’ve enjoyed a remarkably unremarkable year. Having this year off has been a gift. Every day has felt a bit surreal, but in a good way.
Do I still have cancer? Yes. I am acutely aware that it is still there, and that it has never disappeared completely. For awhile it was undetectable in my lymph nodes and left lung, and the nodules in my right lung were stable. My last CT scan in October revealed that the lungs remain unchanged, whereas the paratracheal and right axillary lymph nodes have increased in size compared to the chest CT scan from June. So, now what?
This coming Thursday I go to UCSF for another CT scan. I see Rugo the following week, and we’ll decide on a treatment plan for 2025 which I anticipate might include chemotherapy and perhaps focal radiation. Whatever the future holds, I am forever grateful that 2024 was kind of normal or as close to normal as a person with MTNBC (metastatic triple negative breast cancer) could hope for.
Thank you for hanging in there with me in what has been a remarkably unremarkable blog year. Your support is deeply and genuinely appreciated every day of every year. You hold me up and encourage me to keep me going in the rough times. And you cheer me on and inspire me in the good…like now. Isn’t life grand.
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. —John Barrymore
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