BEST DAY EVER! Yep! Hands down it was the most awesome Date Day at the MDA!
CT Scans: Scans show NO EVIDENCE of DISEASE! Scans look so good! No concerns, no areas to watch! Seriously, the best scan in 6 years and 3 months.
Blood tests: okay so this is trickier. Basically, they are GREAT! BUT the catch, they have literally ALWAYS been great. The entire recurrence has never shown any signs of cancer in his blood! Now that's great news as it isn't traveling through his vascular system to other organs and areas. With his tumors' mucinous nature, it makes it more unlikely to shed cancer DNA into the blood stream. His tumors traveled through the peritoneum. The plan is to keep watching these but with the caveat of knowing they have been false throughout his cancer history.
Plan forward: Repeat CT and blood work every 3 months for 2 years. If still clear after 2 years, it will decrease to every 4 months for a while.
His glucose is something we are going to test again in a month. It appears that the immunotherapy may have cause some slight issues with his pancreas. We are going to see if his glucose is still higher than preferred in a month before taking any further action.
Other than those two things, Alan will continue to be monitored by Dr. You for all previvor scans and tests for other original onset Lynch cancers. We want to avoid any other original cancers and keep this one from coming back for Battle 4.
Thank you all for the prayers. Now we focus on Rebekah's graduation in 24 short days. So grateful he's here to enjoy this precious time. 5 years ago, we were terrified this wouldn't be the case. BUT GOD!
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