Name that remission level

Yesterday Tim had his check-up. Is it crazy to say we had a good time at the oncologist's office?
After seeing his current labs and finding out he is still in a remission, the pressure was almost off
and we all were joking around the rest of the visit. His doc is a funny guy and they all use a lot
of "comic relief" around there and that's right up our alley so we chime on in. Tim had a bone marrow biopsy done to see if he is in a "complete molecular remission." Right now, he is in a
"complete immunofaxation remission" and the head nurse said he may meet the requirements
for a new term that is called a "stringent something or other remission." I'd say it's just semantics but of course the better you are, the better you are doncha know. So we went into
the lab area to get ready for the biopsy. First, I went to the biggest nurse there, who is terrific,
and told her if the doctor hurt Tim, I was calling her in to help me whoop his ass good. She gave
me the thumbs up and told me she had our back. I told the doc, who is about 6'3" and admits to
being 275 lbs. that these nurses were all gonna help me(I didn't think my 5'4" 123 lbs. was gonna
do much) if he didn't fly right and he told me, "You don't want to F--- with Gladys(the nurse that had our back) she could probably whoop me all by herself." Then his head nurse
was mouthing off to him like crazy in the room. It was in jest but she was having a stressful day so I told her to knock it off cause the doc was gonna take his aggression out on
my husband's poor little ass. I could tell that parts of this procedure hurt. It's hard to see someone you love get hurt but Tim has a pretty high pain threshold and I would not let him go
through anything without me there. He's pretty darn sore today though. I still must admit that
I prefer women doctors. They are so much gentler. The only bad news yesterday was that I
found out that Tim has more bone involvement than we knew. When he had all his tests done
2 years ago, there was a woman working there who gave us the results and just said, he has a little spot here(pointing to lumbar area) and a little spot here(pointing to thoracic area). His
doc mentioned osteopenia(precurser to osteoporosis) and that was all we were told. I requested
new scans to keep on top of anything and found out yesterday about the existing greater bone involvement which apparently includes a compression fracture. I said, "no one ever told us
he had this." Not happy about that. I hate it when medical people do not explain things correctly.
Not everyone is clueless about medical terms. They should not assume they are or do not want to know the whole story. But all in all, it was a positive visit. We're gonna stay on top of his bone
health and we are very grateful that his remission is holding and giving him a nice long break
from chemo. LOOOONNNNNGGGGGGG may it last!!!!