What does a CT scan do for me?

I have high anticipation this next couple of weeks.  I haven't seen my oncologist for a couple of months, nor have I had a CT scan for 8 months.  I am doing both the next two weeks.

For those of you who don't know what a CT scan does for me, it shows where the tumors are in my body, and how big they are. A year ago, my first CT showed I had cancer tumors initially.  That was when my family doctor called us in to tell us the not so good news.  A cluster of them around my liver, but not really attached to anything inside, except a very small spot on my liver.  There was also a secondary site where a cluster had also started up, in my chest which were just pin sized.  That is why they said it is stage  four because it has spread to a different site.

The second CT was done in October, and it showed the tumors were a little larger than they were in July. Then in December, the CT showed them back to the size they had been in July.  That was great news.  The pin sized cancer cells were still pin sized.

So this CT scan on Monday will be really important for me to hear the outcome.  It will tell me what a year of Nexavar  (chemo) has done for me.  Is it shrinking the tumors? Are they still growing?  Are more spreading? I had been told by my oncologist that Nexavar would not clear the cancer.  That clearing it could not be done.  It was to try to keep them from getting larger and spreading more.  That is as good as the chemo could do for me.

I am very hopeful.  I feel like I am the same today as I was a year ago. That is my hope.  The week after my CT, I will see my oncologist and she will tell me what they found.  Good news would be that things are still the same and not worse.

I have had an amazing past year, believe it or not. A person can have an amazing life even if you are sick.  Too many things have been a spiritual high, and a really great love for so many people in my life between my family, neighbors and friends.  I have so many people who have helped me emotionally, and spiritually, and have just been so kind and loving.  So that is how this past year has been so amazing. I am so much more thankful for everything in my life.  Things I used to take for granted.  Each day is a gift I am given, and I love it.  Whew.  I can't wait for August 26th to come.  I will know much more about my future.