The results are in!

I'm sitting at the airport waiting to board a flight to Anchorage.

The meeting with the doctor this morning went for an hour and a half.  It was a very technical discussion about blood tests scores and the condition of my body, overall.  The short story is, everything is good, maybe even great considering the other possibilities or even probabilities.

The PET scan found nothing in the way of a tumor or any other additional growth.  The bone marrow pull resulted in a score of zero, meaning they couldn't find a single cancer cell in the small core sample of bone marrow.  The only score that needed explaining was the blood test, called the M-Spike or monoclonal spike. This test is an indicator that there are myeloma cells somewhere.  The score was 0.1 which is such a small amount, they can't actually find any cells in the bone marrow.  The doctor explained that some patients will come back after twenty years and still have a trace amount of cells.  The important part is, it's easy to live with it and allow the body and immune system to keep it at bay.  Some people have this amount of cancer cells and don't know even know it.  It's such a small amount, there isn't anything to worry about.

The doctor was extremely pleased with the results and so am I.  They're starting to board, so off I go.  I always miss Seattle.  Everything I came for is done.  I saw people who cared for me.  There were hugs and happiness due to my health.  I have to go back in six months to receive another clean bill of health.  I'm looking forward to it.