So, here is the deal. We went to Duke today to receive the results of my scan and blood tests. It was not exactly the news that we had hoped for. When Dr. Zafar came into the room, we noticed that he had some concern on his face. He shared with us that the scans looked the same as they did three months ago - no cancer. Yes! However, his concern is that my CA19-9 number is up. This is the number used to detect and measure cancer cells. Three months ago my number was 20, which is well below the accepted number of 37 or less. This month my number is 70, almost twice the number.
Since this did not make sense to us, he explained. Either the CA19-9 is a false reading (that would be good) or I have cancer that was not detected by the scan (not my preference).
How are we going to know which is correct? We have scheduled another blood test and scan in about six weeks.
Without faith this would be one loooong period of time for Diane and me. With faith, it is still a lot to think about for what will seem like a long time. But we will continue down the same road which we have been traveling since November 20. 2011, the day that I was diagnosed. And then we will remind each other that -
It's all about HIM!
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