June to December 2017

This time frame was unremarkable with regards to Alan's Cancer. His August check up was delayed due to Hurricane Harvey... it finally happened 3 weeks late. He got his port out October 20th.

Ever since he had his tumor removed, they had been watching a marker in his blood called CEA. This has been completely in the normal range, which is below 3. In Sept, it was its lowest at 0.9. December it was back up to 1.2, but Dr. Morris assured us it is completely normal for this number to bounce around. 

We went into 2018 feeling completely blessed. Alan was cancer free and the awfulness and fear of 2017 was behind us.