Hello there...

Hello,
Pardon me, it's been a while. Finishing up this lymphoma journey is being a bit tough. I've now completed round 3 and had a good visit with the doctor. I asked him if it was reasonable to think that I am cancer-free and he confirmed it. There is no sign of the initial tumor and no other lymph nodes in any sort of distress. He walked in to see me asking, "what kind of insurance do you have that denies everything?". It was a little bit funny to me.
     But the good news is he decided we won't wait on the insurance for a PET scan. He said we would complete round 4, do a CAT scan, see what we can see, and maybe finish up with round 5. Right now, the thought of any more rounds sounds like the worst thing in the world to me, but this means there is an end in sight. The conversation continued and will continue more within the next weeks to get the CAT scan scheduled and hopefully not do a 5th round. In the unfortunate scenario that we do a 5th round my last day of awfulness would be June 30th and from there on out I could be getting the bad bad chemicals out of my body. It's tough to describe having your body want chemicals out of it so bad including the power of the mind to support it. Much of my recovery is fought on the mental front. There's certain things I can't think about without getting sick, let alone talk about. It's pretty wild how we're made.
    Thanks again for all your loving support. Christy and I are so blessed to have you all. We're pushing to get through to the 30th of June when she'll be all done with school. In the mean time we have a whole slew of fun visitors! We're very excited.


Thanks again!

Braden and Christy