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I was admitted to the emergency room on March 23, 2019 with severe abdominal pains. I was quickly diagnosed with pancreatitis which didn't alarm me since I knew little about it. After some discussion with emergency doctor and blood work, more scans, the doctor came in and told me he suspected cancer. I was immediately transferred to a cancer hospital and by the next day had my diagnosis of small cell incurable lung cancer that has metastasized to my adrenal glands, lymph nodes, small lesions on liver, bile duct, boney part of back of my neck and a small lesion in my brain. I had hip replacement in Oct 2019 and all scans, blood work, X-rays had looked fine so this is a very fast growing cancer!

Optimist test results

My team went straight to work and after my first of 15 3-day rounds of chemo my Petscan shows no brain lesion and all others have shrunk dramatically!

I am on break from 1st round. And right now I feel better than I have in a very long while. I know this is early and the chemo'll take a toll down the road.

Staying positive

It's April 12, 2019. We have always spent our summer camping at the beach. It's my happy place but I've been told I will not be able to get in the sun at all and probably will be in a completely different state of health by that time in chemo as it starts to attack healthy cells. I hope this isn't trivial but should I even plan this this summer. I don't want to ruin "my happy place" if that makes sense?!

I would love to have fellow warriors to travel our similar paths together.

This is all fairly new to me but I'm getting more educated every day!

Merry

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