Good News on PET Scan

Well today I had a PET scan, which scans my entire body for 'hot spots' or spots of metastatic disease. My doctor called me back this evening with good news from the PET. Other than my tumor and a spot on my throat which they want checked out with an ENT, there weren't any hot spots to be found! Yeah! So I just need to have the throat followed up with, but the guess is that everything is alright there, they just want to doublecheck it!

Then in other news, the initial signs of the tumor in my head--which DID show up on the PET of course---is that the report showed slight signs of neurosis....in other words there may be some damage happening to the tumor already as a result of these steroids I'm on! I'll meet tomorrow with more doctors....but this initial news was encouraging! Yeah for the clean PET scan.....

Just wanted to share the good news... =)

Turkey Kids!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! Happy Turkey Day from my CUTE TURKEYS!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are a few photos from Thanksgiving...the kids with Great Grandpa Black, enjoying holiday movies...

Cameron with his cousin Bella!

Scott LOVES Thanksgiving dinner more than any other dinner all year!! Look at that big turkey!

My brother Ryan and sister-in-law Laura..they came all the way from Utah for Thanksgiving! Great to see you both! Love you guys...

Neurosurgeon---Dec 2nd

Well, we have to wait another week to really find out more about what's going on with me. They have scheduled me to meet with the Neurosurgeon on Dec 2nd and they assume that she will agree with the Radiation Oncologist about my Gamma Knife Surgery for Dec 5th.

We'll keep you posted in the meantime..but for now it seems I should try to enjoy my holiday week before I'm inundated with Dr. appointments and surgeries next week! I have 4 apts as of right now...phew!

Love, Heidi

Happy Birthday Austin!

Amy, Austin and Bella came out to visit for Thanksgiving. It's been so fun having them here! Here are some photos from our Birthday celebrations with Austin yesterday!

Kyler liked the monkey card....

We gave Austin a Harley Davidson card...

Bella giving Dad his present....Happy Birthday Austin!!

Breast Cancer Thank You's!

I had started working on these little gifts for my friends as Thank You's for all those people that have helped me so much during the past year. I bought a Breast Cancer Stamp Set on ebay--an old Stampin' Up! one--so I could use it for Scrapbook pages and cards related to my Breast Cancer experiences.

Today I was feeling a bit better and decided to finish up my 'Thank Yous for my friends. For those of you that are long distance...know that I'm sending love and gratitude your way also!

And remember...early detection is so very important...don't ever take that for granted.

Love, Heidi

Gamma Knife Video

For those of you that are interested, this link has two video clips that educate you on the Gamma Knife procedure I'll most likely be undergoing in a few weeks.

The first video link listed here is about 8 minutes and shows the whole procedure and is done in Switzerland. The second video is shorter and shows the local Sutter Gamma Knife center and several of my doctors are in the video....so that one may be of interest.

http://www.checksutterfirst.org/gammaknife/video.cfm


Once you are on the Sutter website you'll see these two choices:

(Long Video)( Click here to see the simple Gamma Knife treatment procedure, and description of the patient experience.)

(Short Local Video) Or click here to watch segments of the Your Health TV program, sponsored by Sutter Health.