The other day I had a spinal tap. Pretty bad ass I know! As you know my life tends to be pretty scary. I don't need to bungee jump or sky dive ( though sky diving at this point sounds pretty fun and a tattoo.) Life is my challenge. It amazes what is going on in my body, yet, I can still manage to walk and live. Anyhow, Wednesday I am taking one more step into cyborgdom and getting a ommaya. Here is how they put it in if you are interested: How to become more of a robot Why am I mentioning ommaya? In the spinal tap they found cancer cells. These have metastasized from my lung cancer. I will be receiving chemo in this port twice a week. They will be testing each time for cancer cell. Crazy news the week of your birthday, right? So, now I'm just wondering when I will turn into "Small Wonder."
Her dress, ROCKS! I mean I could totally pull that off at my age right?? I mean I should have a license to wear what I wanna. I have earned the right! Then, once I beat this, you can ask me what I'm doing and I will reply, " I'm going to Disneyland....and Sea World!!" I'll be going home to rest. Spinal Taps make your bones achy and tired. I'm bummed I can't be in Nashville but believe you me I'm always there in spirit. Besides I don't think I would be much fun.
As you can probably tell, no trip to California, yet. My last blog was in September. In October, I was back at the Neurologist. My favorite place to be called into after a PET scan. They found a spot on my lower spine. At first they sent me in for radiation. I had been been marked to start treatment. I was called the next day. The day radiation was supposed to begin and they cancelled! The tumor board had met AGAIN and decided that this lesion (what they thought was what they call a "drop lesion") was not related to my lung cancer or the tumor on my pituitary gland. This was something that would only get bigger and bigger. It had already caused me to lose my footing and fall. Among other things...scary I tell you. Anyhow, on October 12, I went into the surgery. They removed the tumor on my spinal cord and behind was left a 6 inch scar. The good news is it was BENIGN! Thank the Lord for that! I no longer have the side effects I did. I still haven't gained my strength back. However, I have definitely slowly started to gain my strength. All in due time. It's hard to believe it's already November. It looks like I may get to come to FINALLY visit. My parents asked what I wanted for my birthday. I said,"Visit my beloved Nashville,please?" So, pending my usual issues i may be in the weekend AFTER my birthday, November 15. This is also when Lungevity is having their walk/5K run. I'm hoping my mobility scooter and I will be attending. NASHVILLE FRIENDS: Lungevity is having another walk this year on November 17. If you are interested in walking, go to this link Lungevity. Please join my team Badger Believers, if you wanna! It's 2 days AFTER my birthday day this year. It's during Lung Cancer awareness month. I hope to see my Nashville friends while down there. I'm not a great planner and I would love to see you while I'm there so please drop me a line if you have any ideas of where we could meet up. You can think of it at your gift to me :) Much Love! K*
