June 12th to July 6th - What's the Plan?

Let me first say that I am feeling great! Since I last posted, I've not had one bad day. Bill and I were able to get away for a few days and take our bikes down to the Virginia Creeper Trail, a 34-mile trail that starts at the top of Whitetop in the Appalachian Mountains. They shuttle your bikes to the top and let you ride down the mountain for 17 miles. On Day 2, they shuttled us to the town of Abingdon. In contrast to Day 1, we rode through beautiful pastoral lands. In the two days, we crossed 47 trestles (bridges) on this former railroad line. 

Yesterday, I was able to ride 23 miles on the Little Miami Bike Trail. I truly believe this trail doesn't get the credit due in other parts of the country. We have this unbelievable gem, right in our back yard. I feel fortunate to feel so good.

I was scheduled to have a followup PET/CT Scan July 2nd to monitor any changes. There were a few.

Despite two negative needle biopsies, these results are still concerning. The results of the PET/CT Scan were summarized as follows: 

We met with Dr. Guitron this morning, the surgeon who performed surgery in my chest wall last August. The good news is that there doesn't seem to be any evidence of the cancer spreading beyond the local region. Dr. Guitron recommended a surgical biopsy done with a pathologist in the room so that they can be certain to sample the chest wall mass. They will then be able to analyze the sample and see if there are any targeted therapies that could control these masses. Out-patient surgery is scheduled for July 19th. 

So the saga continues. I'm just going to continue to enjoy feeling great. Stay tuned.