Good Scan Results

Mary Jo’s oncologist, Dr Gall called yesterday with the results of the recent CT scan. He stated that the good news is that there is NO cancer detected in the scan an NO cancer related issue causing Mary Jo numbing and tingling in her left arm and hand. The scan revealed that Mary Jo does suffer from a degenerative spine issue with an annular disc budge of her C-4 and C-5. The scan results also suggest to Dr Gall that 52 week biologic chemo treatments of Herceptin are not causing Mary Jo’s neck and arm pain as a negative side effect. Mary Jo and I are relieved to hear that the words “NO CANCER” and can happily deal with a disc bulge or any other non life threatening aliment that life can possibly throw at us. Mary Jo will follow up with an examination and consultation with an orthopedic surgeon to determine the best treatment for her disc bulge issue.

Mary Jo, Diane (MJ’s mom) and I are looking forward volunteering as “crew” for the 2010 Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure held in the Twin Cities on August 20-23 in the capacity of “camp logistics”. Mary Jo’s good friend Jamie Page will actually be walking the 60 mile, three day event. All of us have feel blessed to have received generous donations from friends and family to help us meet our fundraising goals which are a requirement to even participate in the event. All the 3-Day walkers, like Jamie must raise a minimum of $2,300. Jamie has succeeded in her goal and Mary Jo and I have raised $6,000 and counting in our fundraising efforts. We still have two more weeks to exceed our goals so if you would like to help, please click on this Donate Online Here link or on the "doante online here" link on right column of this blog. Thanks to all who have contributed so far. Because of the funds raised from generous donations from people like you, doctors have made astonishing advancements in treatments and detection of this terrible disease with a common goal of finding a cure.

Mary Jo at the Women's Imaging Center