So... Good News... I think?

 So, every 6 weeks I have a "new" routine...

Drive to Basking Ridge
Check in... wait (they're always running behind.)
Blood work...
Wait...
See Dr who has results of blood work (OK, that part is impressive. They get the results within an hour.)
Says "all good... keep going" (or a variation thereof)
Wait...
Go to infusion area.
Get infusion (takes about 45 minutes)
Go home.

The whole process kills off about half a day - but so far it's keeping me alive - so who's complaining?

Anyway... that's not the point of this post (I'm getting serious Alice's Restaurant vibes here.)

The point of the post is about the draft... just kidding...

The point is that one of the blood work tests is something called CA 19-9 (or Cancer Antigen 19-9)

A "normal" range is 0-40 and in February mine was 52... yeah, that' not good.

Anywhoo... my last test (12/7) was 15.. So, according to the medical experts on the Googles - that's a good thing... I quote:

    What do the results mean?

If you're being treated for cancer, you may be tested several times during your treatment. Your provider will look at all your test results to see how your CA 19-9 levels have changed. Your results may show:

    Your levels of CA 19-9 are decreasing. This may mean your tumor is shrinking and your treatment is working.

And, because who trusts the Googles, I sent it to 2 real live medical doctors who I know who told me:

".. looks good"  and
"...Much lower and in normal range"

So that's the update for now. As always, thanks for reading and hopefully I'll see you soon.

-a



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