So I got to the Cyberdoc's and her staff was really perky and telling me to relax. Probably didn't mean anything, but I took it as a good sign. When the doc came in she said everything is exactly where it was back in April when I finished the regular radiation. She said because it's a slow growing cancer it may take a while to see results. It may also be that the bone never shrinks down so that it always looks to be the same size. But as long as it's not growing, which it is not, we're good.
So she put me on an MRI every 4 months schedule "for the next 2 years", then every 6 months for 3 years. She actually said after 5 years, we'd go once a year. I laughed at that because I don't seriously think this will stay dormant for that length of time. But I guess you never really know and that's the first time someone has said something that positive to me in a very long time. :)
She also gave me a sheet from my treatment plan that shows the radiation shots and the tumor from many different angles on the MRI scans. If I can get it scanned, I'll try to post it. Looking at the shots makes me want to name the sucker. "Timmy Tumor"? Any other suggestions? Maybe if you can see it, we can come up with a good name...
Addendum: Here's the MRI pic. You can tell the orientation you're looking at by looking at the little blue head in the lower left corner of each shot. I think I like the name "eye-gor" for a name. :)
Ooops... still have to work on that photo. It's in bmp format right now. Might have to change it to jpg.
Hopefully this works...
