Thursday, June 14, 2012

Is that an elephant in the room?

It continues!!!  This last week there has been a cloud hanging over our heads. We didn't know if it was a black cloud or a happy cloud, we just knew it was there.  Following us around. Sometimes we would talk about it, most of the time we did our best to ignore it.  I'm, of course, talking about the three month PET scan. It happened on Wednesday morning, and we had an appointment yesterday afternoon to get the results.  We knew it had to be good news, but we still couldn't make out the color of that cloud... Well, it was great news!!! Heather continues to show no evidence of disease!!  We are amazed, doctors are dumbfounded. People with metastatic melanoma just don't respond this well. I can't believe how fortunate we are and how strong Heather has been through this battle.  The cloud remains, as Heather has said, "Melanoma doesn't fight fair." but right now she is winning and the cloud is happy and even letting some sun peak through. It will still follow us around, however, we can forget about it for a few months. The next scan is not scheduled yet, but will be sometime in September.  Probably won't be a whole lot of posts between now and then, but we know and feel all of the support we have out there. Thank you so much!!! Know that Heather will be spending the summer enjoying every minute, and continuing to win!!