What kind of ball now?
I had a CT scan done on August 3 and the baseball sized mass has shrunken from the size of a baseball to about the size of a tennis ball. A very concrete image to me - not because I play tennis, but because I use a couple of them in the dryer to fluff things up and to sometimes play fetch with any of my grand-doggies that come to visit. Plus, I found out that my normally football-sized liver is probably a little overinflated because of the inflammation. So, my over-inflated football with a tennis ball inside it is the most current description. Well, I've made it through ½ of the Chemotherapy. It has not been too bad at all so far. 8 treatments, even though one of them had to be cancelled because of low levels of neutrophils (infection fighting cells). This is a result of the cell-killing Chemotherapy. They have been staying on top of this issue and give injections that stimulate my body to make more neutrophils. It works every time. I still struggle w...