The February 14, 2025, appointments
Note: There is good news and “not so good” news. I had written this out chronologically as I received the reports. Several friends had asked, “How was the Friday appointment?” and I was hesitant to give a definitive reply until all results were in for this very reason.
My quarterly checkup at Duke fell on Friday, February 14. How romantic, right? A date with a lab tech, a radiology technologist, and an oncologist.
For the first time, I chose to see Dr. Rossi at a Duke facility located in Raleigh. I am so thankful I found this location.
Macon Pond Road is in a great area, so not only was the office efficient, but getting in and out was much easier than at the main Duke cancer center. Hannah went with me, and we even had time to grab coffee (for her), tea (for me), and some gluten-free, “good ingredient” baked goods at Lucky Tree between my labs/CT scan and my appointment with Dr. Rossi.
We had the CT scan results before my appointment with Dr. Rossi, so we were able to rejoice together and start discussing what happens once I pass the 2 year post-surgery mark in May.
We discussed what would happen if I were still NED at my May appointment, including 1) moving from appointments every 3 months to every 6 months and 2) (potentially) going off Letrozole.
I was so happy to hope both of the above options were in my future. I was hopeful, an emotion I don’t generally allow myself the luxury in which to indulge.
Rick and I went to NYC for the weekend and had a great time.
But then came the lab results early today, Wednesday, February 19. For the first time since surgery, one of the numbers (inhibin B) is out of range. There is not much we can do with this information at this time, especially since I just had a clean CT scan. These lab results are more about trends than the actual numbers, so, for now, we’ll wait to see what happens. It would be appropriate to say, “Something is brewing.”
How thankful I am that the Lord has dealt graciously with me these last two years, and how thankful I am for all of you who have been so supportive. I have a feeling I’m going to be playing the following on repeat for the next few days:
