Yesterday was the day Deb and I had spent the last eight weeks waiting for. It would be my two screening scans that we were counting on to tell us that I was cancer free. It turns out that on this cancer journey, it wasn’t so much the exit ramp as it was another mile marker.

The good news was that the tumor is gone, but the free and clear will have to wait. There is some sign that something is still going on. Though the odds are in my favor, there is a chance that there is still some of the HPV virus to deal with. What this means is that Deb and I will await the results of two added tests done yesterday and then a repeat of the scans six week from now. In the interim, I am still healing from the radiation treatments. If we are lucky, the lesion that needs to heal, may be the reason yesterday’s scans couldn’t be definitive.

Though it wasn’t exactly the celebration day we had hoped for, we aren’t feeling lost. Just still a little distance to cover. I am okay. Through all of this, I have been lucky to have three especially important women in my corner. I am going to finish my healing and believe that the scans six weeks from now will be the all clear sign we’ve waited for. All good things in time. Our exit sign is just ahead.