Wednesday you saw your oncologist and asked to have a CT scan soon. She set it up for Thursday. You had trouble sleeping Wednesday night. You probably got a good chance to talk about it, your anxiety, and your thoughts about continuing with the Gemsar and Tarceva at your group that night.
On Thursday there was a little mix-up with your appointment but, true to form, you persevered and they did the scan. The results were ready on Friday. Your oncologist was going on vacation and she wanted to talk with you about the scan before she left. It showed no additional tumor growth. That means you have gone four months without any measurable change in your tumor. That's amazing! That's fantastic! That's unbelievable! How can you be living in the nightmare world of pancreatic cancer with a tumor that isn't growing? And better yet, your cancer hasn't spread to any other part of your body! Could this be another instance where you are an anomaly? An enigma? A freak of nature?
You will take another week to think things over. Will you stay on the Gemsar and Tarceva, or will you jump ship and move to something else? Hmmmmmm...
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