Sigh of Relief

I had my repeat chest CT scan and my brain MRI last Thursday, January 25th.  It was a long weekend of waiting (the worst part of scanxiety in my opinion).  The brain MRI came in right away and showed that my brain is in tip-top shape (at least imaging wise, lol).  The chest scan is the one I was most anxious about though, and of course that one left me waiting over the weekend.  My doctor called me last night to give the good news - the scan is GOOD!  Yay!!!!  The nodules they saw on my last scan from December were still there, but now appear more inflammatory in nature.  The radiologist reading my scan along with both of my doctors are now confident that what is showing up is side effects from the 30 rounds of radiation I did in September.  They think I have developed something called radiation pneumonitis.  I’ll talk to my doctor more about it at my appointment next week, but basically I understand it to be like scar tissue on my lung.  I have no symptoms of breathing difficulties, so it doesn’t appear to be affecting me in any real negative way at this time.  So what does this mean?  It means there doesn’t seem to be any new cancerous mets anywhere and I am free to carry on with my current treatment.  Thank you everyone for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers!  It’s working!!!