SUPER RESULTS

What a week! Exhilarating might be the best descriptor. On Monday we got a call from Terry's Cardiologist. He sees no reason for her to continue seeing him and her heart follow up will now be taken care of by her Primary Care Physician.
On Monday evening we got a call from her Primary Hematologist/Oncologist with the initial results of her bone marrow biopsy. He started the call with, "Great news!".
On Tuesday Terry saw her Transplant Oncologist. He reiterated the good news about the bone marrow biopsy and is very pleased with how Terry progressed. There are a few test results he will get back next week before he makes his final interpretation and prognosis, however he feels she is at least 90% in remission. Terry doesn't have to see him again until December as he is turning Terry over to her Primary Oncologist.
WOW---What week!!!!

Cardiac Update

Some really good news! Terry saw the cardiologist in the congestive heart failure (CHF) clinic. He ran a slew of tests, but the most important one showed that her left ventricle has returned to normal. He is leaning toward a diagnosis of something called takotsubo cardiomyopathy. In layman's terms it is also called broken heart syndrome. It seems that stress can put someone into CHFand after awhile the heart will normalize. She will have to take some oral medications for awhile, but if she has takotsubo then those meds will eventually be withdrawn.
She saw her primary oncologist yesterday and had a bone marrow biopsy. Next week Terry will be having her 60 day post transplant check up and we hope to get a reading on how well she is doing with her fight against multiple myeloma.
Her spirits are great. She looks wonderful and we are getting out to movies, restaurants and grocery shopping. However we have to go when these places aren't loaded with people. Still it is out and about.
Please say two prayers for Terry:
1-Her bone marow biopsy shows that she is remission,
2-She has takotsubo and that her heart will normalize.