Again With the Scanning

Since my last round of chemo was Cycle 8, and eight is evenly divisible by four, it's once again time to scan.

My appointment is for tomorrow at 8:00 am. Normally, this would be exactly perfect. However, while my oncologist wanted the scan done between Cycles 8 and 9, the radiology center that just three blocks from my house had a five week backlog on appointments. Thus, I have to drive across town at the worst possible time to get scanned at the Bellevue clinic.

Seattle to the Eastside for an 8:00 am appointment. About the only thing worse would be the Eastside to Seattle for an 8:00 am appointment, though it's actually pretty questionable which direction is worse.

This time we're hoping for additional cancer shrinkage, not only because cancer shrinkage is good, but it also might facilitate an early transition to maintenance chemo (i.e., pills) over more infusions. In short, am I still on track to be a "good responder" or am I now on a different path.

We'll see...