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Update

 Hello everyone! It has been a intense two weeks and wanted to share with you all what has been going on. On Sep 14th, I met with my chemo doctor on how my last CT Scan looked.  He said that the tumor had shrunk even more from 2.5cm to 1.9cm!  He said since it had shrunk that he wanted me to do two more rounds of chemo.  I was so upset about this because I knew in my heart and I felt peace that God had told me I didn't need anymore chemo. I told the doctor I wasn't sure if that was what I wanted to do and he gave me a week to decide.  For the first time, I started questioning if God is really there. I just was really upset.

So I wanted to get a second opinion from my doctor in UNC and he said he would review everything and get back to me. I prayed so hard for him to have the knowledge to know what I should do.  I waited 4 days and he finally called me and he said he doesn't see any reason for me to continue with chemo treatments! But he did want me to so some radiation. I was so over joyed and thanking God for that good news.

Then the beginning of last week I met with the radiation oncologist and he wanted me to get a PET scan and this would show if there is any cancer left in my body.  If there were cancer cells left or if there weren't, he would know how much radiation I should get by that.  So I had my PET scan last wed. and the whole time I was getting my body scanned, I closed my eyes and kept repeating Bible verses that have helped me through this whole 4 months, and I kept repeating Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.... and just let all of that wash over me while I was getting scanned.
 
So the next day after the scan I met with the radiation doctor to get my results.  He told me there were no cancer cells at all in my body...nothing lit up!  I was so shocked I didn't say anything..  The doctor said, “Victoria, this is something to be excited about!” I was just overjoyed after that.  He also said the radiation I will be getting will be every day for 3 weeks but it will be a low dose.  So that made me feel better about the radiation :)
 
That same day I found out I was cancer free, I had a walk for Lymphoma and Lukemia.  It was so awesome that it worked out that I got to walk as a survivor the same day I found out I was cancer free!  As you can see, its been an overwhelming 2 weeks and I am so happy I am able to share this with all of you... Thank you again for all your love and support.
Submitted by Victoria on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 18:18