We met with the oncologist yesterday and she showed us the results from my latest CT Scan. And they are impressive!

Lets start with the original CT. September 14, the day after I went to the doctor with a cough and walked out with cancer. This is from the first CT Scan I had. First the image, then again with some explanations of what you are looking at:

I lie on my back with my arms above my head and the scanner take 2D pictures of slices of my body. This is probably just above the center of my chest. Some helpful explanations of what you are looking at:

It’s no wonder I couldn’t breathe and I had that cough. The tumors and the massively inflamed lymph nodes were pushing on my lungs. The little white spots that you scattered throughout the lungs are just blood vessels within the lungs, doing their thing!

Now for the big one. The picture of the original CT Scan, vs the CT taken on Thursday. This is the two of them side by side:

The cancer is clearly retreating! The oncologist told us she is very encouraged by these results. You can see the reduction in the size of the tumors and the inflamed lymph nodes.

This second set of comparison pictures is little higher up into the chest. You can see many of the same things. But in this picture the windpipe is still in one piece as its before it has split into the two lungs.

I just can’t stop looking at these pictures. What a difference a couple of months can make and what poisoning yourself  every two weeks can do. It sucks, but I guess these picture show that its worth it. blah, blah, blah, miracles of modern science and all that…

But seriously, this was great news to get today from the oncologist. The medicine is working. It’s worth it. Everything is worth it!