Noosa Getaway!

Sunday 28 January 2018

Sand between my toes and salt in my hair! May be a year late in going on this holiday but Luke and I finally got here. Loving life and little hats!

Luke and I had planned to go to Noosa in January of 2017, but instead I was having surgery for a biopsy of my tumour - not ideal! After a lot of effort with the airline we finally were able to get a refund for our flights. Our hotel was really helpful and just postponed our trip until we were ready to take it. A year later I was able to go on this little getaway and enjoyed it even more so. 

One year on...

Wednesday 17 January 2018

Last year I had a very different start to the new year. Today marks exactly one year since I was diagnosed, after going to the doctors for a pesky cold! I couldn't have asked for a better start to 2018 by hearing 'all is well' for my oncologist. Cheers to health, happiness and my 'Mario'!

New Year - Same scans!

Tuesday 2 January 2018

Kicking off 18' with a PET scan. It was made all the better with fate giving me the 'Bambi' room. Here's hoping and praying for good results. It truly is mind over matter in these situations. I had a bit of a cold and therefore had a 'slightly' tight chest - of course because of this I catastrophised thinking of the worst possible outcome.

It's just a check up to see how everything is going - I was given fantastic news late last year that all the tumour and cancer was gone - Yay! But I have a lot of scar tissue left behind (from my type of lymphoma). Due to this they wanted to check everything was a' okay.

It's quite a time consuming process with the whole thing taking about three hours. I first have to have a blood/urine test and then get a canular put in. After this I have to drink a sugary substance and finally get injected with a contrast dye. The actual scan lasts for about 30 minutes with around 12 minutes of this being a CT scan first. I love the fact that they have the radio playing in the room, serves as a great distraction to my anxious thoughts!


UPDATE: Results came back clear - Apparently the scar tissue in my chest has been described as looking like a deflated balloon! 
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