Jess Spence Treatment and Travel Plan

I thought I would do a quick update and wanted to share my latest scans. Three weeks ago I had my final surgery so I am free of all medical implants and have my body back. I can’t do anything strenuous for a few weeks as they cut into my abdomen and it is taking a while for my body to settle down so I am taking it easy and have developed an obsession with planting herbs and pottering in the garden.

I had a PET scan in late Jan and things are looking good. The treatment has got rid of a lot of the tumours, they now can only see two small ones in my liver that are under 1cm, but they are not very active. Most of the bones seem to have little or no activity and there is no presence of any uptake in my bowel. My doctor was really happy with the results and said he hasn’t seen a result that dramatic before for this treatment.

So now I have 3 months until my next scan, I will head back to Melbourne for this and then another one in 6 months. The doctor seemed pretty confident that I wouldn’t need another round of treatment for a year or more.

It has been a long road to get to where I am now, there have been a lot of ups and downs but I am really happy to have found a treatment that works well and I can keep doing it until it is not effective. The type of cancer I have is slow growing, so it is anyone’s guess on how long it will take to come back. In the mean time I am all about getting my body back to a healthy and fit state and then will embark on finding a job in a couple of months.

I have spent the last two years in a cycle of treatment, recover, treatment recover, so it is so nice to know that I have so much time just to recover and get on with life. Cancer will always be a part of my life now, but I think I can strike a balance of living a relatively normal life with it.

Thanks for all your love and support it has been incredible and I look forward to hopefully sharing more positive results in three months x