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01 June 2019
Hello to my faithful family & friends
IT'S A GOOD DAY: when you thought (including your doctor) that your cancer might have returned - but THE most definitive scan disagrees!!
My specialist doctor and I had a bit of a happy smile together recently, when the results were all clear. For the past 2-3 months I've had a sore & swollen R Lymph node underarm, swollen R breast, swollen R arm - lots of other weird extra symptoms. We thought it was either my port-a-cath, GVHD, blood clots or Lymphoma.
In the past 2 months, I've had a CT, MRI, Ultrasound and finally a PET scan - all negative for another blood cancer. Thank God!!
But, possible GVHD (Graft Vs. Host Disease) - a bit of a major attack by my donor's cell's on my body. According to my Hematologist - a VERY RARE (my middle name) complication of GVHD. Funnily, with my R swollen arm - the swelling stops @ my wrist and my hand looks unswollen.
So, my doc thinks the swelling is located in my subcutaneous tissue - in between my skin & muscle. The solutions now is steroids, steroids, steroids!! Lots of them - which may make me stay awake and want to eat, eat, eat!!
I haven't blogged in a while - this is because of the following full-on activities:
Enroling Anna in an acting agency.
Starting Julia's new business.
AND sending proposal's to literary agents for publishing opportunities.
So, as you can imagine - I haven't stopped. I have also been updating all the important family paperwork, like wills, financials, enduring power of attorney and advanced care directives, etc.
Wow!! I have almost finished and learnt a lot about getting as much done as possible within a short period of time.
So, that is all for now - I am waiting for these steroids to really kick-in. Having one arm bigger than the other is a bit annoying. However, isn't chemo great? Really, I mean - I haven't seen Lymphoma in 10 years. That's becasue of chemo - yes, I have alot of physical issues, but I am alive to be with my husband and kids. That's really why we put ourselves through chemo hell in the first place. There is a reason for everything.
Thank you for reading,
Much Love,
Jodie & The Guerrero Family xx