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  • 2015
    • March 2015
      • Fuck Cancer – CaringBridge Introduction
      • So, It’s Lymphoma – March 31, 2015
    • April 2015
      • Flowers for Deb – April 2, 2015
      • Another Day, Another Biopsy – April 4, 2015
      • Quack Quack – April 8, 2015
      • New Do and a Portacath – April 10, 2015
      • Coming At You Live from Treatment Room 25! – April 13, 2015
      • Now For the Good Stuff – April 13, 2015
      • And…. We’re Done! – April 13, 2015
      • Live From Treatment Room 6 – Cycle 1, Part 2 – April 14, 2015
      • Live From Treatment Room 9! – April 15, 2015
      • Look Good Feel Better – April 15, 2015
      • Update and Wig Day – April 16, 2015
      • Wig Play – April 16, 1015
      • Relatively C-Free Weekend – April 18, 2015
      • Port Draw Day – April 21, 2015
      • Better Today April – 22, 2015
      • That Moment When “Personal Grooming” Ceases To Be An Issue – April 25, 2015
      • Today’s the Day April – 26, 2015
      • Bus Stop Baldness Reveal – April 28, 2015
    • May 2015
      • Accessorize! – May 3, 2015
      • Live from Treatment Room 9! – May 5, 2015
      • Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jig – May 5, 2015
      • Neulasta Appointment – May 7, 2015
      • Pulled an All-Nighter – May 12, 2015
      • Things of Note – May 12, 2015
      • I Remain in Custody – May 12, 2015
      • The Latest From Room 5012 – May 12, 2015
      • Some Things Can’t Be Unseen – May 12, 2015
      • Freedom!!! – May 13, 2015
      • Well, Crap! – May 13, 2015
      • Back and Forth and Still Here – May 13, 2015
      • I’m Bustin’ Out! – May 14, 2015
      • I’m Fine – May 18, 2015
      • Cheers! – May 19, 2015
      • Live From Treatment Room 21! – May 26, 2015
      • She Made It! – May 26, 2015
      • Needles, Needles Everywhere – May 27, 2015
      • Crazy Brows – May 28, 2015
      • Lashing Out – May 30, 2015
    • June 2015
      • Crash Into Me – June 1, 2015
      • And I’m Free, I’m Free Fallin’ – June 3, 2015
      • Spoke Too Soon – June 4, 2015
      • Hot Child in the Suburbs – June 5, 2015
      • PET Scan – June 11, 2015
      • PET Scan Results – June 12, 2015
      • Live From Treatment Room 19 – June 15, 2015
      • Round 4, continued – June 15, 2015
      • Needledeedledee – June 16, 2015
      • Blech Day – June 17, 2015
      • Bump in the Road – June 18, 2015
      • Waiting for Godot – June 18, 2015
      • Homeward Bound – June 18, 2015
      • R&R – June 19, 2015
      • Deb and The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day – June 23, 2015
      • Chillin’ – Retro Style – June 24, 2015
      • Housekeeping – June 24, 2015
      • Housekeeping – June 24, 2015
      • Chillin’ – Retro Style – June 24, 2015
      • Deb and The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day – June 23, 2015
      • Mail Bag – June 25, 2015
      • Zzzzzzzz – June 29, 2015
      • Closer to Fine – June 27, 2015
    • July 2015
      • Doesn’t it Figure? July 6, 2015
      • Live from treatment room 6! – July 7, 2015
      • Back Home – July 7, 2015
      • Good Day So Far – July 8, 2015
      • Great Day – July 8, 2015
      • Polar Opposite – July 9, 2015
      • Tasteless – July 10, 2015
      • Owie – July 11, 2015
      • A Horse of a Different Color – July 13, 2015
      • Adventures in Neutropenia – July 14, 2015
      • Fire-Free – July 14, 2015
      • Chillin’ – July 15, 2015
      • False Advertising – July 16, 2015
      • Chemo Head as Art – July 25, 2015
      • Live from Treatment Room 16 – July 27, 2015
      • L’Chiam! – July 27, 2015
      • Thoughts On My Last Treatment Day – July 28, 2015
      • Fuckity Fuck Fuck – July 30, 2015
      • A Bit Better – July 31, 2015
      • My Haunted Leg – July 31, 2015
    • August 2015
      • Fire Watch – August 2, 2015
      • Yep – August 2, 2015
      • Definite Incineration – August 3, 2015
      • Prisoner – August 3, 2015
      • Incineration Continues – August 4, 2015
      • Sunset, Day 2 – August 4, 2015
      • On Hair – August 4, 2015
      • Going…. Going… – August 5, 2015
      • Gone! – August 5, 2015
      • Back in the Saddle Again! – August 18, 2015
      • Live From the Nuclear Dungeon – August 20, 2015
      • Better Images – August 27, 2015
      • CANCER FREE(ish?) – August 24, 2015
    • September 2015
      • Ow! – September 2, 2015
      • Po’ Hawk – September 11, 2015
      • No Hawk – September 15, 2015
      • Can’t Do Math – September 15, 2015
      • Definite Progress – September 19, 2015
      • Step by Step – September 24, 2015
      • Not Totally Random – September 20, 2015
    • October 2015
      • Lashes! – October 1, 2015
      • Live from Sbux – October 7, 2015
      • Lumps & Bumps – October 20, 2015
      • The C-Word – October 27, 2015
    • November 2015
      • Hair! – November 10, 2015
      • Here Piggy Piggy – November 21, 2015
      • HaaallelUjah! HaaallelUjah! HallelUjah! HallelUjah! HalleeeluuujAH! – November 24, 2015
    • December 2015
      • Endings, Beginnings, and Mergings – December 13, 2015
      • Deported! – Dec 14, 2015
      • Season’s Greetings, Urinator Update, and More – Dec 23, 2015
      • First Haircut! – Dec 30, 2015
  • 2016
    • One Year Later… – Feb 19, 2016
    • Another Follow Up Visit with Alla – March 6, 2016
    • Meow Scan – May 31, 2016
    • Rockstar and Red Beans – Sep 11, 2016
    • Housekeeping – Nov 5, 2016
    • One Helluva Week (and a Half) – Dec 16, 2016
    • Checkup Time! – Mar 14, 2017
  • 2017
    • Clearing My Plate – Dec 15, 2017
    • Checkup: Check! – Aug 29, 2017
  • Epilogue – 2020
  • Other Stuff
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    • Deb Moran Photography
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CANCER FREE(ish?) – August 24, 2015

It felt very strange walking into Kellogg today. I felt like I’d been away forever (it has been a month). But, that’s not what you want to know about, is it? Ok – here’s the scoop. My PET scan looks exactly the same as it did at the halfway point. It still shows that same little spot of activity at the base of my left lung. But, Alla is not worried. She is fairly confident that it’s scar tissue from the great big mass of cancer cells we killed off. That makes sense, because I keloid (scar) pretty badly on my skin, so it stands to reason that I would inside my body as well. In fact, we know I scar internally, because when I had my C-section, they cleaned up some adhesions (scar tissue) from my previous GI surgieries while they were in there. Besides that, nothing new has grown, including that spot.

So, we will repeat the PET in 3 months (which is normal procedure anyway), and if that’s all clear (or at least unchanged – if it’s scar tissue, it could be there for the rest of my life), I’ll schedule de-installation of my port. In the meantime, I’ll continue to get flushed (with saline and heparin) every 6 weeks to keep it in working order. And, I get to stop taking all my extra meds immediately! Woo hoo!

The below image shows a comparison of the mass (1 slice of the scan) in my left lung between my April (top) PET and the one in June (bottom).


You can see that there’s almost nothing there in June, and that’s how it looks now too. I just don’t have the processed images yet from last week’s scan (I forgot to get them when I was there today). So, that’s the scoop. I carry on with life as normal, grow my hair back (should be interesting), and try not to think about it until after Thanksgiving.

Original Comments from the CaringBridge Blog:

What terrific news!!!
—kay matton, August 24, 2015

Awesome!!! Congrats on kicking cancer’s a$$!! I knew you could do it!!!
—Amy Kingan, August 24, 2015

Fantastic news!! Do happy for you!!
—Staci Daugird, August 24, 2015

Great news!! Congrats Deb!
—Kristin TePas, August 24, 2015

Wow, don’t fully understand the images but less is better, right?! Such great news <3 I think you will miss your henna head a little; it was so pretty! 🙂
—Amber Youngman, August 24, 2015

My Amazing, wonderful girl–Optimism–Humor, Grit–Guts–You are a Power House of Positive–I Thank God for this report and for this Being called DEB!!!
—jo Wilken, August 24, 2015

Great news Deb!
—Felicia Braude, August 24, 2015

Ssuch wonderful news! Now you begin your post cancer life. So happy for you!
—Elaine Fox, August 24, 2015

Best news!!!
—michelle lazar, August 24, 2015

Sounds like a terrific plan!
—Susan Rosenthal, August 24, 2015

Wonderful news!!
—Stacy wachter, August 24, 2015

Why aren’t they removing the port? you may never need it again & 3 mo. Is a long time. —- Good luck, you must be relieved.
—Brenda moskovic, August 24, 2015

That is fantastic! Way to kick cancer’s butt!
—Sarah Alzamora, August 24, 2015

Great news!
—margo barbakow, August 24, 2015

Sounds like great news to me!! Congrats Deb!
—Janet Stich, August 24, 2015

Fantastic news! And who knew your lungs were so photogenic? 🙂
—Barb Lerman, August 24, 2015

The comparison looks good to me!
—Brian Kirshenbaum, August 24, 2015

Great news, Deb!
—Antoinette Corelis, August 24, 2015

This is fantastic. Love this kind of update!
—Miriam Schiffer, August 24, 2015

Better Images – August 27, 2015 →

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