There's no way to sugar-coat this: the cancer has already recurred in my right axillary lymph node where it showed up originally almost 2 years ago. I noticed the swelling a couple weeks ago, had a CT scan last week, and met with Dr. Liu yesterday, who confirmed that the swelling is the cancer. Damn, that wasn't much of a respite, was it?I'm already scheduled for my first of four rounds of chemo, next week. I never thought I'd be willing to do chemo again, but it's funny what you'll endure for a little more life. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm addicted to life. I gotta have it. Obviously we're heading toward a point where I will have to weigh the rigors of treatment against lost quality of life, but we're not there yet. I have a strong body that clearly can take a lot of abuse and bounce back and I intend to exercise that strength and resilience as long as I can.
I'll be needing chemo buddies. If you're interested, you can sign up here. (You have to be a member of the group and signed into a yahoo account in order to see or edit the calendar)
In happier news, I've finally started building my website where you can see some of my recent linocut prints. It's a work in progress, like me.
