Decompression

We decompressed a little last night, talking about the surgery and the next PET Scan (test to detect cancer) on November 29th (yes - she is talking a more!). From what I've read it's pretty normal for folks to get stressed and emotional when a test such as a PET scan is coming up. After all, it would be depressing if they detected cancer that had survived all the chemo-radiotherapy! Robin says now that she knows what it is like, it would be scary to have to go through those treatments again.

In our last visit with the medical oncologist (two weeks ago) we asked "what if" they discovered a few cancerous cells during surgery. He emphasized that the reason they do surgery is because there may still be some cancer left. So if they find something "it's not the end of the world". The primary goal of the surgery is to detect and remove any remaining cells.

Robin doesn’t like to stay in the hospital, and she has a tough time taking pain meds, so the surgery is a pretty stressful topic for her. I tried reverse psychology and suggested she just "skip the surgery". Unfortunately she agreed - "let's skip it". So much for pop psychology… We really do have an excellent medical team, so I'm looking forward to getting the surgery completed! (that's easy for me to say)

Robin is finding a little more energy these days. Yesterday we went for a 15 minute walk!