Mental Whiplash!

 


Fluffers was a bit confused as to why I was up before the sun, 
as that hasn't been a thing for almost a year. She thought it was great...
me, not so much. 8:00 am appointments should be reserved 
for people who live within 5 minutes of The Cross!

"Whiplash is a neck injury caused by a sudden, forceful back-and-forth movement of the head..." Replace the word "head" with "mind," and you will understand what we've experienced in the past 48 hours.🤕 Ken and I had mentally prepared ourselves for a renewed battle, so when our oncologist seemed less than concerned about the spots on Ken's scan, we were more than a little taken aback. Apparently, they're too small to do anything about, and there is a chance that they're not actually a recurrence, but scar tissue...or something.🤷🏼‍♀️ 

So for now, we're in a holding pattern, with another scan booked in May. Could the spots be cancer? Sure. Could they have grown or multiplied by the next scan? Yup, cancer doesn't follow the rules. Could they be completely benign or have vanished? Absolutely. We are just enjoying each day as it comes.🥰 So while we don't know what the future holds, we know God does, and that's enough, because He's good, even when life isn't. 





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  1. AllanApril 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM

    Hello, I am very sad to hear about Ken's situation/ordeal but as a patient of his for 25 years, I am very happy to have finally found some method to be able to reach out to him. When I was diagnosed with MS at 15 (Jan/2000), it was always known that I would eventually need a new neurologist, I just didn't expect to learn about it through a text message! All my thoughts and well wishes are being sent his way. Thank you very much for the blog so I can at least know that the Doctor is able to still enjoy life. I only have a couple of friends I have known longer than I've known Ken, and I greatly appreciate the time/effort you have put in to this blog so I can still see that he has enjoyment in life.

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  2. HeatherApril 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM

    Oh, Allen, it's so good to hear from you! I'm sorry you received the news in such an impersonal way, Ken would have loved to call each patient. 😁 You are certainly one of his longest-standing (and successful) MS patients, and I know he looked forward to your visits. 💗

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