Another clear set of scans

Yesterday I had another set of CT scans to my neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis, which found no evidence of metastatic disease. Yay! I think this was scan #48. I'll have to celebrate when I hit the big 5-0.

The scan did note that my neobladder showed evidence of chronic inflammation, so I guess I'll have someone look into that. I've also been having a persistent hoarse throat (but no other symptoms), which I assumed was due to pollen. But yesterday Dr. Maughan said that I should have an ENT check it out, because there were rare instances when asymptomatic hoarseness could be a sign of something more serious. So I'm seeing a tree doctor on Monday. (Dr. Maughan immediately caught the Tolkien reference.)

Before going in for my scans, I stopped at my primary physician's clinic for a cortisone shot in my right shoulder. It's been hurting ever since I caught an edge and had a hard fall on it at the end of the ski season. Helping Kirsten and Jason move into their new house in Denver last weekend probably helped aggravate it. So now my pain has been eased. 

This week I helped review a manuscript regarding the identification of best practices in clinical trials for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. I was told that I'd be named as a co-author. I've been published a number of times with legal articles, book chapters, and so forth, but this will be my first medical publication. Woot.