Waiting for Thursday to Review PET Scan Results

Visited my dentist this past Thursday for the first time since my cancer. Great news!!! There was no new decay! I had been very worried about this as the dry mouth creates a bacteria-friendly environment where tooth decay can prevail over rigorous dental hygeine practices. Both my hygenist (the same person has been my hygenist for over 10 years) and my dentist said that my dry mouth was "mild to moderate, at worst" and that things looked very good. My thinking that my "teeth moved" during treatment was put down to weight loss by both -- so I didn't have some sort of tooth-to-bone ligament failure during my treatment, either. Both stressed the need for continued vigilance around brushing, flossing and keeping my mouth hydrated -- but they seem to believe that my mouth came through the worst of this without any major issues. Awesome. Friday morning I had my 2nd PET scan at Kettering Medical Center. I had a 7am appointment and was completely done before 9am -- including having the test results on a CD that I will take with me to UC Health Center this Thursday at 10am. I expect the radiologist at Kettering will write up a report that will be faxed to UC and the Oncologist at UC will use the radiologist report along with looking at the detailed results to report back to me...and adjust/amend treatment plans, as necessary. Other than small stress related to this big milestone, most other things are going well. I can hear out of both ears now...that's a huge bit of recovery. I can taste most things and can pretty much eat anything -- although there's lots of things I choose not to eat just because they don't taste particularly good anymore. (Oh, Pizza, how I miss you....) I've been cutting the grass with my self-propelled push mower and even running the weed whacker to edge and clean up the sidewalks -- although that leaves me sore and drained. This weekend, we had hot, sunny weather for the first time since my treatment and I noticed that the sun absolutely affects my skin (all of it, not just the treated skin) much faster than ever before. This is definitely a new thing for me and will take some adjusting. Will post again after this Thursday's meeting -- which is with my Radiation Oncologist. I also see my Hematology Oncologist next Wednesday (this is the "chemo guy""). Hopefully I will get an "all clear" from both of them and then I'll be partying. (with water!)