Mike Judge vs Ewing's Sarcoma

This year things were going so well. I had clear scan after clear scan. We moved the scan frequency to every four months because I was 3 years out from last finishing treatment and we were feeling like I was "safe". I was feeling the best I have since being diagnosed. I had a great streak going. Three and a half years of an anxiety inducing scan every three months that was fortunately clear every time. Unfortunately that streak just ended. With this being my fourth recurrence, it would seem that this would become easier, but this one was as hard if not worse than them all. Let's walk through how we got here. In late September I was laying in bed watching tv when I happened to feel a lump in my arm. It wasn't too large of a lump; around the size of peanut. Immediate panic set in. So many questions/doubts/concerns filled my head as I layed there for what must have been hours. Could it be back? How long has this been there? How could I not notice this earlier? It's b...

Coming up in a month will be my two year scans. It will really be two years and one month, but who's counting? With that intro I guess I probably already answered your main question. Am I still cancer free? And the answer is a resounding yes In the year since my last update nothing has really changed on the health front. I got my port taken out in May and that went really well. One thing that was different about getting it removed this time versus the last was that this time they didn't put me under. They just gave me a local anesthetic. Though I was draped and couldn't see what was going on, it was still weird to be fully awake while they were removing this thing from my chest. They gave me status updates on the whole procedure which helped. Overall the whole process was much better this time because it went faster and I was able to drive myself home. I was in and out of the outpatient facility in under two hours. I felt uneasy about getting it removed because it was kind ...