MRI Results
1/20/2004

We have another clean scan! According to my oncologist (who didn't provide much detail), he didn't see any change from the last scan. In an attempt to gather more detail about the scan, I have a call in to my surgeon and the mri center that has a specialist on staff. Once I have heard back from them, I will post again about this scan.

I am still working on my photo gallery which will have an album with images of my scans. Erik things this may be too graphic or perhaps too personal, but I think it's really interesting! If you have a weak stomach for such things, simply skip that album to something more fun like the picture of my with all my medications:)

I've been thinking about that fact that I haven't talked to most of you personally for some time now and thought it would be nice to just give a quick general update about my condition. Well, of course, I still have brain cancer which I am fighting every month with my chemo and my supplements. My surgeon has upped my odds to 10% from 2-3%, which is great but still pretty small. I have slacked a little in the holistic (except the supplements) arena with the holidays and all, it's on the docket though. My health overall is pretty good. I take so many supplements that as far as basic health is concerned, I am doing pretty well in that department (except when I do chemo, then my counts drop). My energy is getting better, nearly back to normal. My hair, well that's still a struggle. Some is coming back, some isn't of course. It comes back very fine much like baby hair. As a side note, Sex in the City's Kim Catrall (?) is facing breast cancer on the show and next sunday has to have chemo and she losses her hair. It's nice to see a show take the subject of cancer on and it'll be fun to watch her run around town looking for wigs like I did. I hope they handle it tackfully, but funny. It's hard to laugh about sometimes, but sometimes that all I can do is laugh, I look pretty funny bald! My motor skills are intact, my cognitive skills are still pretty sharp (although I do ramble on a bit and my short term is shot), my scar is nearly all healed, and my fear/depression I has going through a couple months ago all smoothed out with a little white pill!!

The areas I need work on: 1. still trying to find purpose and trying to figure out what I want to do (sitting around here everyday will get old soon I think but am still a bit gunshy about getting out in the working world). 2. I also must really work on calling, visiting, and emailing friends and family. I have cocooned my self off which has provided a sense of safety, however, one can't really grow without putting oneself out there and experiencing life. 3. I want to return to my art. 4. I want to return to school. 5. We want to start up our company again (for those of you who don't know is called matchplate design and we, more specifically Erik, design aluminuim decorative objects, similar to nambe).

So overall, I suppose things are pretty good. I have a feeling 2004 is going to be an incredible year.

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