My mom is officially five years cancer free! This is a big deal in the cancer world because reoccurrence rates significantly decrease after five years. We celebrated with food, flowers, and new rocking chairs for the porch! As my dad wrote on a card, "Good fight, you win!" (the florist had a good chuckle at this, misinterpreting the meaning!) Yea mom!
I've always hated to show my stomach....However now that I have this badass scar, I show it to everyone. All those stupid years worrying about sit-ups....The bruises are from heparin shots. I give myself a shot everyday for a blood clot they found in my mesenteric vein (stomach area). This was an incidental finding from my last CT scan...and we don't know why its there. It could be from my surgery or just from the cancer...? The heparin helps to thin the blood. This prevents new clots from forming, and the previous clot from growing and gives my body time to dissolve the clot. This picture makes it look much worse than it actually is, as I typically don't bruise (I'm guessing my platelets are too low from the last treatment...I'll ask on Tuesday). Plus...I'm one of those strange people who would rather give myself a shot than take a pill!
If you look closely at this picture, you can see a sore at the end of my tongue... one of the many annoying chemo side-effects that I've previously mentioned. It gave me a nice lisp for a day :)I hope to have treatment again this Tuesday...so I'll keep you updated!
Hope everyone is well!
2 comments:
Wow! Go Tanya!!
i love the pictures!!!!
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