Thursday, July 14, 2016

Three years after diagnosis and treatment

Hooray, I got a CT scan this month, July 2016, 3 years later, and I am "still in remission". Dr Oliver Press is my new doctor (Seattle Cancer Care Alliance) and he wants me to get a check up every year but another CT scan can wait two years.
Meanwhile, a woman I know, a friend/acquaintance, chose Death with Dignity. I am glad we have that option in Washington state although I understand it's not that easy to get, especially in cases of dementia, etc.
Do your paperwork, is the lesson. Five Wishes, POLST, advanced directives. Yeah, it's unpleasant, but so important.

1 comment:

  1. Dr Press has died! Of cancer! he was a good man and good men are hard to find. So it's very sad.

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