Medical Updates

Previously on… Maggie had been declared “No Evidence of Disease” in Hong Kong based on the findings of October scans and blood test results. She sought a second opinion to…

Friday I had my monthly blood test and the first meeting with my primary Hong Kong oncologist since the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance team found new activity in a previously…

The report from my last scans October 28 read “complete response” and during my November appointment my Hong Kong oncologist confirmed that meant “no evidence of disease.” Nevertheless, I still…

I’m posting this quite a bit late because Brad and I both needed some time to process the results of my one year scans. The results of my scans were…

I’m so excited to say that Brad and I committed to fly back to the US to attend the Fourth Annual Metabolic Health Summit in Long Beach next year. While…

The coolest part of this post is the title. I realized that I need to start adding the year to these monthly blood test result posts. I had my monthly…

Let it be known that all your prayers and good vibes are paying off. Cancer needs your prayers now ’cause I’m kicking its ass. Both blood tumor markers that the…

I can’t believe I let a week pass before writing this post! Apologies! The news out of the Mayo was good: Brain MRI shows that the two new tumors treated…

We’ll start with the good news. Actually, it’s all good news in the end but we’ll start with the obviously good news: my tumor markers are down and one is…

April 2023 Update: Care Oncology in the US is defunct but MeakinMetabolicCare.com has all they offered and far more! In my last big post I was all fired up about…

Adventist Hospital was unquestionably the best place for me to be diagnosed. Their standard of care includes genetic testing of cancer immediately following biopsy and that’s how I was fortunate…

Aced it, baby. Yesterday’s blood test confirmed what we already knew. My tumor markers dropped from 438 and 2509 to 51 and 174, respectively, since those dark, pre-lorlatinib days. Side…