Monday, August 3, 2009

Check up - Its all good

Had a checkup today. Exam went well. Tumor markers were slightly elevated but nothing of concern. Went for a chest xray afterwards. I'm confident it'll be clear. I'll have another bone scan in 3 months. Dr. Schmidt thinks its a good idea to stay aggressive with scans and exams for another 2 years. I'm almost to 2 years since diagnosis. 50% of recurrences happen in the first 3 years and each year that I am clean after that my risk of recurrence drops by 2%. It feels great to have it over with for another 3 months.