I can hardly stop shaking enough
to write this post.
I do not know how to start it, so I am just going to blurt it out.
Dr. Charlotte Ariyan, AKA Dr. Glinda the Good Witch--
named
for her beautiful smile, her curly blonde hair,
and because she is my protector against my enemy melanoma-
gave me the best news of my life today.
named
for her beautiful smile, her curly blonde hair,
and because she is my protector against my enemy melanoma-
gave me the best news of my life today.
ALL of my lymph nodes that were removed
on Thursday
came back NEGATIVE for melanoma.
Yes, you read it right:
NEGATIVE FOR MELANOMA.
Thank you God.
Thank you to my amazing, AMAZING doctors.
Thank you to my could-not-live-without family.
Thank you to my friends...close and far.
I have a lifetime of fighting ahead of me,
I will always have Stage III Melanoma,
but right now...
I have No Evidence of Disease.
Today...is the best day of my life.
*I will post more when I can think clearly. As you can imagine, I am in shock.
Absolutely amazing, my dear! I am grinning from ear to ear right along with you! I bet you can't even contain yourself right now! So very proud of you!!!!
ReplyDeleteI just breathed a sigh of relief. Congrats, I am SO happy for you!!!
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel.....got the same news last July. I am still stage 3b with no evidence of disease and pray I can say that for years to come. I am older than you (42)...but still too young for all this!
ReplyDeleteI don't care how old we are...I don't think any of us deserve any type of cancer. The way that it is completely unpredictable terrifies me. I hope you are able to continue to say you are NED, Michelle! :-)
ReplyDeleteTina, thank you for continuing to keep up with me! I know you are busy with your own trials...XO
and Yes...I was in shock all day. I think I still am?