I had hoped to lay low after my wonderful clean PET scan results and take a break from the blogging world but it's not my luck I guess. I have been having some nerve issues in my lower extremities that has caused me to fall and put a strain on my mobility. A long story short my issues put me in the hospital last week to have an MRI and spinal tap.
The neurologists have ruled out infection from the spinal fluid. My oncologist is telling me in no way does Hodgkin's go to the nervous system so I should be free and clear of cancer recurrence (whew) but they are spinning the cells anyway to double check. There is talk of MS but in all honesty I think the doctors just don't know. I have a consultation next Friday with a neurologist at Hopkins and hopefully we can get to the bottom of all this soon. Thank god for a caring oncologist at Hopkins who hooks me up with all these great specialists. I also ran into my old onc. leaving the hospital and she said she would so some research for me.
In the meantime I am back on steroids and in some pain from the spinal tap. It is difficult for me to move around but hopefully that will go away sooner rather than later and I can once again be chasing Alex around.
Louise, my mom, Dave, and Michele are all here helping out - true lifesavers once again.
I will post something once I have any news. Still just thankful to be alive and cancer free. I can handle a little less mobility as long as it's not life threatening. Boy your outlook on things change after you have gotten off the cancer roller coaster.
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Thank you so much for the update Heather. What would we ever do without family? Glad they are there to chase around the energy ball (aka alex) for a while!
Sending thoughts and prayers that you'll be feeling better soon! I'm glad Michele's there with you.
Justine
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