My doctor called me today. I noticed right away that his voice had a more upbeat tone, so I was happy to get the call. He said my HCG level is finally heading down. It’s at 10,700 which is the first time it has been lower since this whole thing started. It was around 13,000 last week so it’s not going down quickly.

He thinks at this rate, it may take quite a while for it to go down to zero, which is where it needs to be before he’ll stop requiring blood tests. He wants one more next week, and then it might not be required weekly anymore but he still wants to follow it down to zero.

He says I still need to be ready for more bleeding but he doesn’t know if that will happen or if my body will just absorb the remainder of what’s left. If it chooses to absorb, that will take a while.

I’m not running this week. I’m taking a week off. I think it might do me some good mentally and physically.