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Posted 2015-07-22T04:42:00Z

My Chemo Start Date

My first day of chemo will be August 18.

My blood runs a little cold as I say that. Chemo. I never in a million years thought that I'd be experiencing this. You always think it will happen to someone else but now it's the reality I'm living. But strangely I've been able to put off thinking about it because (in true Erin fashion) I've been busying myself with things that help me avoid it. (Most notably - I'm producing TWO SHOWS right now - one I've directed [BOYS' LIFE] and one I'm starring in [BOY GETS GIRL, running through August 2.][...]

Posted 2015-07-15T04:44:00Z

PET Scan Results (Good!)

I found out that my PET scan results were clear for cancer having spread to other parts of my body. (Yay!) They were unclear whether or not they had gotten all of the breast cancer during my surgery, because there was still a bit of swelling at the surgery site and the scan was unclear. But that's not much of a concern because chemo and radiation will nuke any of that. [...]

Posted 2015-07-02T06:31:00Z

Today's PET Scan (insert joke here)

I found out at last week's post-op meeting with my surgeon that they wanted me to get a PET scan. And why? Well, during my MRI and subsequent surgery the doctor's found that my tumor was no 9mm but was 2.1cm and the cancer had spread to one of my lymph nodes - making my cancer Stage IIB and not Stage 1 like they had thought. This means that there's a chance (albeit a small one) that my cancer has already spread, and the best way to find out if this is true was for me to get a PET scan, where they inject me me with radioactive dye and then scan my whole body to them identify any problems in my body. [...]