Tuesday was the fifth immunotherapy treatment and everything went pretty well. However, I would like to note that driving two hours (both ways) on the interstate, in pretty thick fog, is not exactly my idea of fun… especially after it gets dark and visibility goes down to about 50ft. But, I did manage to make it there and back safe and sound regardless of the weather! 🙂

Whoops!

Due to an absolutely ridiculous accident (my own fault) I actually ended up giving a bit more blood than intended this time around. When I got to the hospital I decided to use the restroom before checking in. As I left the restroom, I hit my hand pretty hard on the latch of the door (the plunger/tongue/”springy thingy”) and yelped, but when I took a look at the damage, it just looked like a deep crease in my finger, so I went on to the desk to check in. When I got there, the lady asked me if I wanted a band aid for my finger and when I looked, my finger had apparently been damaged a little bit more than I realized. Such a dumb way to hurt myself huh? LOL. 🙂

Scan & Result

After checking in, they sent me to radiology to get the ultrasound scan that I mentioned in my last post. After checking in over there, I waited for about 30 minutes before going back to their check in desk to ask if I needed to contact the people that normally do my injection. In another 30 minutes I would be late to that next appointment. Apparently, radiology didn’t realize that things were scheduled so tightly for me, so they got me back right away after they found out. The scan only took a few minutes, may be 10 at most. They took some images of the lymph notes they were interested in and then they got me on my way to my regular appointment.

Once I was back in the part of the hospital where I normally receive the immunotherapy treatments, they did my regular lab blood tests and then sent me on to the treatment room. While I was waiting, one of the doctors came in and told me that the ultrasound scan had not yet been fully reviewed by all of the involved doctors, but they themselves had taken a look already and didn’t see anything concerning. So, it sounds like so far I’m still clear of any cancer in the lymph nodes. That’s welcome news for sure! 🙂