good news

Well, I was discharged from the rehab hospital on November 1stbut three weeks later I had an infection in my picc line where I get my chemo through. I had to go down to the Medcenter to the Emrgency room and be admitted for a few days to get the infection taken care of. While there, My oncolgist had me go ahead and do an MRIto see where we stood after 5 rounds of chemo. the day of my discharge He came in to tel me that they could see no more tumors in the MRI. so in a couple of weeks we go to discuss my mainteance chemo treatments to keep me in remission. every week or so I seemm to earn new bits of iformation about my initial diagnosis. . A few weeks ago I learned that my biopsy had been sent to Californiabefore going toM.D.Anderson and coming back as having lymphoma. I knew initially that the neurosurgeon wasn't sure I'd survive the craniotomy but ths past Wednesday,learned that the original oncologist before I got transferred to get chemo only predicted that I had a couple of months. Before leaving the rehab hospital, I was having some bad neuropathy due to injections I had in my leg to relieve spasticity, so they put me on this supposed "great drug for neuropathy. I had been on the maximum dosage for a few weeks with no benefit what-so-ever. upon discharge, I started seeing an acupuncturist recommended by B's mom's acupuncturist. amd after three sessions, My neuropathy is gone. Now I'm seeing him to try to help with my arm/hand movement in conjunction with my outpatient therapy . And, as if the remission news wasn't good enough, While I was back in the hospital B brought me news that he'd found a long-lost friend that I hadn't really seen since the third grade that was back living in the Houston area. I had given up hope years ago that I'd ever be communicating with him again. much less possibly seeing him someday