The news

Just got a call from my radiation oncologist. Tomorrow is my last radiation treatment. I asked, "Okay, then what is the status of the tumor? He replied, "It's gone." I check in with him in a week to see how recovery from the side effects is going and to make sure I have self-care humming along. Then I return after Thanksgiving for a PET scan to see if there are any developments. Then again every three months for a while. If it weren't for the side effects, treatment was pretty much a walk in the park. A tedious, repetitive walk in the park. In my case. So it wasn't one of those classic movie/TV scenes with everyone gathered in the doctor’s office with him (it’s almost always a him) delivering a nail-biting preamble before pronouncing the good news, but it's the good news nonetheless. (Fists in the air!)