Here we go....PET Result and plan of action

So as I mentioned in a status update recently I had a new PET scan just before Thanksgiving and brain scan results that came back saying "no evidence of metastatic cancer" in the brain :)...went and picked up report but Doc was out of town until this past Monday. I had a big treatment this past Tuesday and then left pretty much afterwards to head to Duke for my appointment yesterday...I am wiped out ....BUT I just want to tell you more details on my scan and what is going on...Not sure if you remember but my first PET when I was initially diagnosed with Stage IV, metastatic, inflammatory breast cancer...there were at least 10 tumors in my right breast, 4 on my liver, 2 on my lung and there was cancer in my left shoulder....SOOOOOOOO God has been listening to so many prayers and working just the way that HE wants to AND.....this most recent scan says that in right breast that the tissue is much softer and that the lymph nodes have shrunk, AND that the 4 tumors that were on my liver...well it says that they can only clearly identify ONE which in the beginning was around 11.9 mm...now measuring around 3.4 :) and that the other 3 cannot be identified with normal liver activity :)!I mean God is working it, just pushing that chemo through to do what He wants and I am lovin it!!!! The two on my lungs were measuring up to 5 mm and now are around 2-3 mm..the one in my shoulder...well it looks to be resolved - GONE :)! To God be the Glory...for the things He is doing and has done!!!!!!!! I am pretty excited b/c, friends, obviously I want it all gone...but it could have gotten worse and/or done nothing...God has it all planned out and I am just rolling with it but with a bigger smile on my face - to be honest!!!!! So....Duke Doctor says we are going to do 4 more cycles, I have already done 4 and look all that has happened according to HIS plan....so I go back in March and from there things may change...Maybe it will be ALL gone...this is my prayer anyways...Doc mentioned some clinical things going on..talked about injections, spacing out treatments more, some surgeries to be considered - ovaries being taken out b/c my cancer feeds off of estrogen, etc..Something he did say that made me feel even more excited about results was that when we were talking about the liver and how there is still one lesion on there ...he basically acted like ..no big deal..I was like why and he said that there looks to be hardly any cancer activity going on in the liver..yes, he said if they biopsied the liver which they are not anytime soon that there would be some cancer cells in there, but it is like the chemo has stopped the cancer GROWING in the liver and that is GOOD!!!!!!!! It reminded me that what I have is a manageable situation right now and not curable BUT God will have the final say in all that!!!! So, it has been good...I am happy at the way things are going and so are my docs! Can I just share with you some stuff...ya'll knew this was coming -lol...and I am sure it will not be too long -lol!!!Anyways, what was cool about yesterday is I have met a sweet lady on FB, Julia Pare, through my Aunt ...well, she goes to Duke and yesterday she had an app. and we got to meet in person and it was like we had always known one another...apparently people were moving away from us b/c they couldn't hear there name being called back b/c we were being so loud...it was not enough time so hopefully I will see her again there and then after my app. my Aunt Sally and cousin Maghan drove up and we had the sweetest time at lunch catching up...!!!!! I am sooo thankful for so many in my life for my family and friends I have met on here - who live in my computer, for my friends that I have not seen in many, many years but it is like it doesn't matter b/c our friendships have not changed...for living in a county where my family has been taken in and not one day goes by that I am not in AWE of the compassion in the students, the adults, the community!!!!!!! For friends who have travelled to share in sweet times of song and prayer!!!! For prayers!!!! For encouragement!!!! I am so thankful...if you only knew that that word is not strong enough to how much I really mean it in every way!!!!!! I am a bit off today..I have the entire mommy and chemo brain going on ...so I hope all this makes sense and I am sure there are typos...ok so I will wrap this up!!! In His Grip, Catherine