The last round of scans showed there is still more work to be done. However, the remaining work areas were noted as generally “stable or decreasing” in size. Still moving in the right direction, which is good news; and there were no new metastatic locations identified, even better. The clean-up crew will continue the work in the party wing. Staying on the current path, I am scheduled for more of the same chemo I’ve been on since December of last year. Plan is to rescan again at the end of June to check on progress.

During the off weeks, I have been enjoying spending time with friends and family. I had friends come visit from out of town in March and we participated in a healing sound bath together (side note, you are fully clothed for these). An amazing experience, thank you to Carrie N. and Jen S. for introducing me to the concept, and for such an enjoyable weekend. I have attended two more healing sound baths since the first, all were incredible, highly recommended.

We then celebrated Easter with the Thanksgiving crew, so great to see everyone again. We were also able to travel and see friends and family recently over my youngest son’s spring break in April. Big thank you to Karen and Bruce for traveling to see us on that trip. And then there were the birthday and Mother’s Day celebrations in May… I so love my group of friends; they are the very best. Meaningful connection with so many lovely people makes all the difference.

I’m learning to live moment by moment, day by day, chemo by chemo and scan by scan. Grateful for every day I am still here and every moment I take notice of. Grateful the current chemo is still working since treatment will be part of my life from here on out. Grateful for the scans too, as so far, they have given me periods of grace, where I can feel like I am going to be okay for the next few months.

Hoping things continue to remain “stable or decreasing” until our oldest son comes home in June. Then I am looking forward to spending the rest of summer with the entire family before school starts next fall.  Our plan is to do some hiking, camping, and just enjoying time together again. I’ll plan on adding more updates as things continue along. For now, I’ll wrap this up by sending out much love to you all, and thank everyone again for their continuing support.

With appreciation, Lisa and Family