I AM 16!

Shhhh, if you are very, very still maybe you can hear me whooping it up all the way wherever you are. I had to finally break down and go to see my regular doc today because I was pretty sure I had a UTI (or at least I was praying that was all it was). Sure enough that is what I had and that is easily fixed. It is a good thing too because I have that 5K walk for the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Organization on Saturday and unless they had port-a-potties every 300 ft I don't think I would have made out too well. Okay, so now back to being 16, while I was in the office I asked her to look up my last CA-125 that I had taken the day after I returned from Billy's big swim meet. I had actually worked up enough courage to call Dr. Dunton's office a few days after having the test done but all the receptionist volunteered was that the test results were normal. My courage dissolved right there while I was on the phone and I didn't get the actual number. All "normal" told me was that it was still under 35 which was good but what it didn't tell me is whether it had gone up from 21 where it was in January. I knew before I hung up that phone that not knowing the number was going to nag at me until my visit on the 26th with Dr. Dunton when I would get the actual number but I just couldn't make myself ask for number. I tried appeasing my anxiety by telling myself that it really didn't matter that much because as long as it stayed below 35 I was okay but it really still can make a person crazy not knowing. The CA-125 marker is a tricky thing; it can fluctuate for a number of reasons including a lot that have nothing to do with the cancer. They watch for an upward trend or sudden leaps that could indicate a recurrence but anything below 35, even an increase from the 21, would still be okay with Dr. Dunton. Anyway, today while I was at my primary care doctor I asked her to look up the actual result and IT IS 16!!!! Yeah, if your computer screen is shaking right now it is because I am jumping up and down and shouting YAHOO while I am typing this. If the shaking is making it hard to read just go right ahead and jump up and down also and that should help. Thank you all for your continued prayers. I will be going through these anxiety attacks every three months when I have to repeat this test for some time to come but it truly helps to know that so many people are praying for me and rooting for me to beat this "bump in the road". Till Tomorrow...