results day + a giveaway to celebrate the good news

sorry this is so late in coming, i had to take some nausea pills on top of my anxiety pills and the combo hit me hard this morning for some reason so i have been out of it most of day sleeping.

we got good news!

the largest tumor that was 1.9cm x 1.5 cm shrunk to 0.5cm x 0.2cm. the other measured tumor went from 0.5cm x 0.4cm down to 0.2cm x 0.2cm. my spleen was a little enlarged but the doctor just wanted to keep an eye on that. given those results i am going back to one of the original meds from before my first hospital visit but at a lower dose with an added low dose steroid to try and control the fevers i had before.  will start those meds early this week and then come back for check-in doctor appointment in 2 weeks.  scans would probably be 2-3 months out depending on how i tolerate the lower dose.  these meds haven't always had a lasting effect of keeping the tumors away permanently but it was great news for the interim and for today. so thank you for all of the love and prayers, they worked! and since to me it feels like the posts i have had to write lately have been crappy news for a long time, i want to celebrate today's good news with a giveaway. yes, a free giveaway! the giveaway is 5 of my sister's photography cards that are in her etsy shop. so you just let me know however you can (text, message, email, comment on blog, etc.) that you want in and the random number generator will draw the winner on wednesday night. i will then connect you to my sister, you pick out the 5 cards you like, and she will send them to you. a little fun in the week!! gloves up. anywhere i fight, you fight. xoxo

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