Mixed news to report. First, the good news: there is no detectable cancer in Joe’s lungs, liver, or bone. Hooray!
The cancer in his abdomen, though, is “widespread and aggressive,” and does appear to be in the lymph nodes. His course of treatment will be The Trifecta: Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Radiation. We’re gearing up for a long, difficult, and victorious fight. First meeting with the surgeon is the 9th. I’ll be on my way back from San Francisco, so Joe goes alone. Which sucks.
Joe is super optimistic- even comforting ME from time to time. His beautiful bravery continues. And we’ve both seen a wonderful outpouring of support from friends and family. People from everywhere want to help us and see us. It has inspired an interesting, ongoing conversation between Joe and I. To him, changing his life in any way (seeing friends he hasn’t seen in a long time, taking a trip he wasn’t planning to take before cancer) feels like succumbing- like an admission of defeat. There’s both strength and fear in that instinct, I think. To me, we’re ALL learning a little something about how to live our lives, and we should start living our lives that way at once. That’s what I’m trying to do, and I don’t feel defeated. I feel enlightened. Too bad Joe doesn’t have the password to this blog so he can further explain his side of the debate.. MWWAAHAHAHA.
(Just kidding- he does.)
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