more good news

I didn't want to sit on this so it is going up now.
My bone biopsy is back and I have NO cancer of the bone marrow, This means they can target the neck and drastically reduces the need for chemo. I am coming home in 3-5 days so long as the swelling and spread has reduced to a safe level.

I have started a basic therapy until they have the more solid results from the neck biopsy. As far as can be told so far, I am responding well and the swelling is rapidly going down. My pain meds have been reduced by 50% and staggered out a little longer. I am recovering at an alarming rate, so much so it has attracted the attention of other doctors in the unit. They are dumbstruck as to how I am fighting this off so effectively. 

This of course has side effects. The cancer cells are dying so rapidly they are causing a build up of toxins in my blood. So now I am on a process designed to flush my kidneys and keep them from building up too much of the toxins. They didn't expect this to happen so quickly but it has so they are dealing with it. 

The long and short of it all is I am not going to die. I am going to make a full recovery, and they say not a remission, but a complete a cure. This will be nothing more than a bad flu when it's all said and done. 

It is difficult to admit how frightened I was when they told me I had a cancer and without tests to back up the results were trying to reassure me. I know they meant well but they were guessing and telling me I had an easy forty percent chance of survival. When the first tests came back that number creeped up to 50% then 70%, now they are calling me a baby and telling me to walk it off.

I am going to stay in the hospital until they can design a treatment plan to both continue to attack the cancer, and prevent me from being overwhelmed by the toxic fallout. Then I get to go home and get weekly treatments. I won't be able to work for a few months, they say this process is still going to make me sick and nauseous, and since my job requires a great deal of strength and balance they told me it was a terrible idea to go back to it. So I am applying for medical disability pay in the meantime. 

but, I can resume writing.  I have tried to write from the hospital but the distractions are constant and I find it hard to type on this micro keyboard. I happen to have very big hands, and I really struggle to type for any length on this device. 

I just wanted to say what I have been assured by my doctors. I am not going to die, I am hardly going to notice this blip in my life and I will make a full healthy recovery. Thank you all so much for the prayers, positive energy, and good thoughts you have been sending me. I love you all, and I love the stories that have brought us together.  I look forward to finishing what I started, and sharing it with you. When I was at my darkest moment and I wrote those initial posts it did me wonders to see the replies and filled my with a sense of hope and purpose. You will never know how much your kind words helped to ease me through the fear of those dark days.  

Thank you so much!

-Omnixius