Hello all,
Just a quick update for all of you. You know the saying "no news is
good news", that is true in my case. I have been feeling great and am
back in the swing of things. I am very blessed to be feeling
wonderful, with no real issues to even mention. At the end of July we
attended the transplant reunion, and it was a great experience. It is
amazing to see so many blessed people in one room, it is almost
surreal. Due to our generous donor families, they make that yearly
reunion possible, and I am grateful.
My CT in May had shown a new "area" in my liver, as well as multiple
lung lesions. They mentioned 15 lung lesions, which startled me
somewhat because I thought there were 5 or 6. Dr Sorrell phoned me
after the tumor board met to discuss my results. They did not feel
the new lesion was worrisome, and they chose to wait and do another CT
in August, so the wait was on. I had my follow-up CT last week, and
Dr. Sorrell called me right away with the results. The new area in my
liver was an dilated bile duct and they feel it will reabsorb, as for
the many small lung lesions they are stable. What this means is we
will do another CT in November, which believe it or not will be my 1
year anniversary.
I mentioned to Dr. Sorrell that I heard from my donor family. He said
that he knew I was surprised that my donor was 80 years old, however
her liver was very healthy, and I was "on borrowed time". I needed
the transplant to prevent the risk of the cancer spreading, and if
that happened, a transplant would not be possible. I am so grateful
for Ruby and her families choice to donate life in their hours of grief.
I have to say this update is pretty uneventful, just like I like
them. I hope all of you have enjoyed your summer, and have been
enjoying some cooler weather. I traveled to Texas last week for work,
and was thrilled to have the chance to stay with my wonderful friend
Joni Watkins and her family. It is so very hot and dry there, I hope
they get some moisture and relief from the heat soon. Take care
everyone, Fall will soon be upon us, good horseback riding weather.
God Bless You all,
Trish
