"This is Likely Behind You..."
Long time no post! And for good reason, I'm sure you will agree. It just so happened that I went for my Oncology appointment on the 17th of May, not sure what to expect - perhaps another round of tests? At the beginning of this whole adventure they had suggested maybe another CT Scan in a year or so, so I was steeling myself for news of that ilk. NOT TO BE! Instead of handing me a card full of appointments, my Dr. shook my hand and said these words: "This is likely behind you." What? Pardon? I asked him to repeat it and told him I didn't take his words lightly. I told him how I'd hung on his comment: "With treatment you have an 80% chance of living to be an old lady," and "Likely behind you," ranked right up there in the same category of words from a deity. I've been quite disabused of considering Dr.'s some form of God, but still, they have their moments. Apparently my family Dr. is quite capable of filling my needs from th...