After most recent checkup.

I haven't posted in a really long time. I was feeling great the middle of summer and into the beginning of school. I've been gradually getting more tired over the last month. I had my 9 month checkup a couple of weeks ago. My tumor marker CA 27.29 went up to 76. My baseline is 23, it was 33 in May. My doctor was a little concerned about the increase so I had a PET/CT scan on Wednesday. I had two lymph nodes light up in the scan that they considered suspicious. I met with the surgeon on Friday and I am going to have outpatient surgery on Monday to remove the one lymph node from my neck. They will biopsy it and I should know by Tuesday afternoon if is cancerous or not. They said it may not be anything.

I haven't been working the last couple of weeks. I have been so stressed with these tests I just haven't been able to handle anything. I will try and return some messages before I go in for the surgery but I'm not sure where to put appointments until I get these results back. If it turns out to be nothing then I will just go about regular scheudling. If it comes back positive I will have to meet with my oncologist and determine a new course of treatment.

Hope this fills everyone in and I'm sorry I've been MIA lately. I hope to get through this and get back to normal. Thanks for everything, Heather.