Brady here!
I’d like to take a minute to correct myself. Please forgive my overuse of uppercase letters. They help reinforce my point. 😬
Earlier in December I had an MRI. This was and will continue to be a routine thing that my oncologists request to happen every six months, most likely for the rest of my life.
I received news shortly after, from my family doctor, that there was no evidence of the TUMOUR coming back and that the single little spot that they had been watching seemed to be gone. That spot was an unknown, there was a chance it was remaining TUMOUR but it could’ve also been scar tissue or gathered fluid or any number of things. They didn’t know what it was. Regardless, the most recent MRI showed that the spot was ‘less evident and questionably even present’.
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As a quick note I’d like to mention here that this was the only change from my July MRI to this one. There was no big change with this one that made me or anyone else think ‘NOW I’m cancer free.’ This was only a very small change.
This MRI did NOT change my cancer diagnosis.
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But I was excited and quickly went on my social media and announced I was ‘Cancer Free!’
For this, I apologize.
I chose my words poorly.
No doctors or medical professionals have said I’m ‘Cancer Free’. This type of cancer can be microscopic and no MRI will ever conclusively show the CANCER is gone. Only if the TUMOUR is growing back or not.
What I should have said is ‘It looks like I am… CURRENTLY… TUMOUR free.’
The doctors told me early after my cancer diagnosis that with this type of cancer I will never be ‘in remission’ because there’s no way to confidently know that the cancer is completely gone. Like I said, it can be microscopic.
I promise this announcement was not a bid for attention, it was a careless blunder of my words. And I am very sorry. Unfortunately, in my head ‘Cancer’ and ‘Tumour’ are synonymous and the truth is they’re not.
We have made attempts on a smaller scale, person to person, to correct my mistake as problems have arisen but it seems to be spreading quicker than we can correct them. So I thought I’d try a mass correction. Maybe written word is more convincing than verbal. 🤷♂️
I’m not cancer free.
Now on a personal level, Hailey and I believe that God healed me back when I was in rehab in March. We believe the cancer is gone. At least for now.
But there has been no medical diagnosis that the cancer is gone. I’m still going through chemotherapy for another 4 months and I will continue to be watched very closely for the foreseeable future.
I am truly sorry for the hurt, deceit, and miscommunication I’ve caused.
Please continue to pray for us and follow along with us as we make our way along this crazy journey of cancer and paraplegia.
I hope you have a wonderful end to the Christmas break!
Happy New Year!!