Home again, home again, jiggety jig

Scan today went great. No evidence of cancer spreading beyond what we already knew about. Yay! Also, I got them to measure me with a geiger counter and from 3 feet away I'm almost indistinguishable from background radiation (I'm .03 mrem/hr, background is .02 mrem/hr). Up close to my neck dose rate is higher (.45 mrem/hr), but still low enough that I don't need to worry about snuggling with the kids...it means kid sitting on my lap with head right next to my neck for 3 hours would get about the same radiation exposure as they would in one cross-country flight. And given the short half-life, even that will go away pretty soon.

I have follow-up appointment with endocrinologist in October, but probably there won't really be any more cancer news until I get follow-up scan in a year.

Kids are having a great start to the new school year, and Nate teaches his first class as a Georgetown professor tomorrow. Woohoo!