Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Unremarkable

There are few times in your life when it is nice to be called "unremarkable." At scan time, it is quite nice.

My liver is now "unremarkable." It looks just like any normal liver, meaning no mets. The bone mets are sclerotic, essentially like scabs or scar tissue. My primary tumor in my lung is 16mm, which is slightly smaller than a dime.

Unremarkable feels pretty remarkable to me.



25 comments:

  1. BEST NEWS EEEEEEVER!

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    1. Thank you, Kristin! You can uncross all your things now.

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  2. Ha! Awesome! What does this mean as to prognosis and treatment?

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    1. Well, stage IV is almost always considered incurable, so the goal is to manage it as a chronic illness for as long as possible. I will keep taking the daily meds and we will keep scanning every few months. If/when something starts growing again, then I will have to switch to a new treatment.

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  3. Wonderful news Tori! Sending healing prayers!

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    1. Thank you, and keep sending them!

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  4. Hurray! So glad to hear:) I just got updated on your blog yesterday, but think of you often! Keep on being unremarkable.-Anna

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    1. Hi Anna! Thank you, I hope to be unremarkable for a long time.

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  5. Effin great news! So glad. My team will be very pleased to hear this! Carry on!

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    1. Effin thank you to you and your team!

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  6. Wow, Tori! We're so happy to hear the wonderful news!!! Thanks for sharing.

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  7. So, so, so happy for you. Was thinking about these results along with you the last several days, sending lots of hope.

    - Lisa (the newbie at inspire)

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    1. Thank you, Lisa! I hope your chemo went well, killed a lot of cancer and was gentle to you.

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  8. Unremarkable = amazing! Congrats Tori!

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    1. Thank you, Emily. Your journey has been pretty amazing, too!

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  9. Thank you, Steffi and Axel. Love and healing from across the ocean is extra nice!

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  10. What GREAT news. Maybe Michigan has frozen that disease right out of you. Keep making snow angels with those kids of your . . . it's working! xoxoxo

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    1. Thank you, Susan! Snow angels it is. ;)

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  11. Anonymous7:42 PM

    WOOT WOOT! So happy to hear you are doing so well!!! "Unremarkable" is AWESOME!

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    1. Thank you, Jessica! Best of luck to YOU with the trial!

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