Sorry. I've been messaging with some other members privately but for got to post any updates here.
Wife flew home from MN on March 5th. Lots of uncomfortableness internally when she came home but that subsided over the past few weeks. She still on a lifting restriction but was able to return to work with me this past weekend. She gets tired really easily but she says she feels much better.
Local oncologist is doing an MRI tomorrow morning with the follow up on Thursday morning. Mayo saw 2 small spots on her spine in her neck that they wanted to get a better look at to make sure that they weren't metastases. The spots are on 2 discs there were previously noted to show signs of degenerative disc disease. The oncologist thinks that is what is showing up on the MRI from Mayo, but we will know for sure on Thursday.
Surgeon reported that all margins were clear when the tumor was removed, and noted that all scans look clear except for the 2 spots in her neck. As for how the future will go..... they are suggesting that she do immunotherapy (Keytruda). But they want to wait a few more weeks/months to start it. They are going to do some kind of DNA test of her blood sometime in the next 6 weeks or so. I don't fully understand it as it's way above my pay grade. Apparently cancer cells shed DNA into your blood stream, so they are going to take a DNA sample from the tumor that was removed and try to match that to DNA in a blood sample they will take. They just have to wait long enough for any lingering DNA that had been shed from the removed tumor to be filtered out by the one good kidney she has left I guess. If they find a match to the DNA, they will wait a few weeks and do another test to see if the numbers are decreasing. If the numbers are decreasing or come back 0, which is ideal, she may not have to do immunotherapy at all. So we still have a few more weeks of waiting to do, but the doctors seem optimistic from the information that they have thus far, so we are trying to be as well.
As far as the boat search goes. My local dealer has really stepped up and helped me out on a 255XD in Slate Blue. Boat, trailer, mooring cover, and a group 31 house battery...... $112k + tax. They are working on setting it up as we speak so that we can do a water test on Thursday hopefully. I'm pretty positive that I don't need a water test, but if they are going to let me come pick it up and spend a day on it before purchasing it, who am I to say no. I feel like they are being pretty fair on price, but from being in powersport sales for a good portion of my life, I know when it comes to purchasing toys, perception is reality when talking price especially.
Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers, they have been felt and appreciated. Hopefully I'll be updating my forum signature pic and details later this week!
Any update on your wife or the search? I too am looking into another Yamaha (my 3rd) and currently wanting a 275 as the last boat I had was a new 242 Limited S E-Series. Loved it. Think I want a bit more size if I'm gonna get another one though. I'm in the coastal waters of the FL Panhandle. Saw a 2023 275SDX for 150k at Gulf Shores Powersports that seems like a good deal. Leftover new boat.
I really wanted to go bigger as well, but for me trailering to local lakes and rivers, a 275 just didn't make sense. I think on coastal waters you will love it.
