Nothing New

And we're perfectly ok with that!  Scott had an Ultrasound of his neck and CT Scan of his chest and neck this last week.  Both came back negative.  The nodules in his lungs have not changed size, and they couldn't find anything new!  It seems that his Calcitonin is still elevated like it was in July, but it has not increased any more since then so we are happy about that!  Whatever little bit of cancer went through a growth spurt to cause the elevated level has decided to lay low for now.

I will be flying to Kentucky on Monday morning for my school orientation.  I'll be there for the week and I'm getting pretty excited.  As you may remember, I was accepted this summer for the fall class, but decided to defer due to us thinking Scott needed surgery.  They graciously pushed me back to the winter class and now I start on January 10th.  This next week I'll be meeting the faculty and staff at the school, as well as the rest of my classmates, who I will be communicating with online during school.  I'll also be meeting my advisor and registering for classes.

And, for the last little bit of good (depending on how you look at it) news - I am planning on giving up my full time position at work at the end of December!  We were thinking I would need to stay at least part time to keep my benefits because the health insurance has covered Scott's cancer testing/treatment/surgeries so well this last year.  Benefits re-enrollment was last week and we were shocked to find that if I went to part time and kept benefits I would be paying OVER $800/month for Scott and I's health insurance.  I would almost be working solely to pay health insurance!  SO, we are going to be changing to insurance through Scott's job, and I no longer have to work even part time, if it seems too stressful once school starts! This has been a little black cloud hanging over my head since getting accepted to school and I feel so relieved to have the option to not be forced to work 20+ hours on top of my 40 hours of school each week.  We'll see how everything goes once classes start and go from there, as far as figuring my schedule out, but for now it's nice to have options.