Been a long time since I have blogged and I am so over due to do so that this will be a longer entry but along the way I think I should be able to catch up on all that has been going in in my life and the journey that is life for me.
Today I find out about my PET Scan Results. About 6 weeks or so ago I had a routine CT Scan and during that scan 2 new nodules showed up. One is a 2.5 cm oval hypo dense mass in the anterior inferior pancreatic head and the other is an enlarged lymph node at the base of the small bowel mesentery measuring 1.3 cm short axis. Heart lungs and bones show nothing. My concern with it is the one in the pancreases. Pancreatic cancer is not fun and although there is not a definitive to this being that it none the less worries me as that really is the last thing I want. The Pet Scan is the determination if the new nodules are cancer or not. I am not scared if they found cancer cause this is far less than what was found before but none the less cause for concern. More about my cancer journey is found here : http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/matthewcannon
I am going in with a dear friend who was not going to let me do this on my own. Russ is a great guy and has been a bright spot in my life and more about him later. I will keep everyone updated as I find out what the out come is. From the sounds of things it will be more radiation for me if this is cancer and I am ready for that if so…I am a trooper and I plan to be around for many years to come so I am sure not going to let this stop me !!! Wow just was reading my guest book and its so amazing the support I have from family, friends and people near and dear to me your all family to me and its such an honor to have you in my life all of you !!!!
Life has been busy for me in so many wonderful ways and I so appreciate it too !!! Although my plans to return to college have been derailed or put on hold for now I am doing so much good and I am happy to give back for all that I have been given. I was elected to the board of directors for The Inland Northwest LGBT Center this spring and I am loving the position. So much good we are accomplishing and I am meeting so many awesome people in the process. In May we had a tremendously successful fundraiser With Wicked and Monte Carlo Night. In June we had PRIDE and that was an awesome time. I spent the day filming the sights and sounds and am working on a documentary with the footage. I also was heavily involved with the June edition of Ins & Outs The centers publication www.insandouts.org , I am also the volunteer organizer and serve on the fundraising, out reach committees as well as staffing the center 3 days a week and facilitator of a couple of groups. All and all I love what I am doing and so cannot wait to see where the future takes me with the AWESOME people I serve on the board with. The 2 websites mentioned in this paragraph I over see and love using my technical skills in that way. Now to get my own website up and running…all in time. The Center’s website is www.thelgbtcenter.org Check them out and tell me what you think !!!!
Life has been awesome of my great friends and I continue to host movie nights and game nights with the group Destinations of Spokane. I am so enriched by my friends and they make me smile and laugh often and in general I am very blessed to have them in my life. Dating life has been interesting to say the least. I was seeing Brett and that was all good until 8 or so weeks ago when I no longer was spending any time with him. In that time I saw him one Sunday with the walking group Destinations holds and 2 minutes at PRIDE. Well About 2 weeks ago I started seeing the handwriting on the wall and came to terms that it was not to be so I have moved on with my life. Its been little over a week since I met Russ and he is one kind and gentle soul. Wednesday I made him dinner and we talked for hours. Last Thursday we had dinner at The Steam Plant Grill and had a great time. Then he came into town Friday and joined us for movie night as well as He and I having drinks out at Dempsey's Brass Rail. Sunday we spent the day wandering Manito park and dinner and a movie here. He is the one that is accompanying me today for my follow up with Dr.Kaya. Its been so nice to have such a wonderful person in my life. A good balance from me who is all kinds of over the top. I am living life one day at a time and loving every moment of it too !!!
SO to end this on a great note I will say that I am so grateful for every waking day and looking forward to many more years ahead of me. I love and adore all of you and with out you all my life would be not nearly as much fun or as great. You all inspire me in so many ways and you all are the treasures in my life that mean the most !!! I will blog tomorrow with the results or you can see them on Caringbridge either way more to follow and may this inspire me to blog more again cause I do so love doing it !!!
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