Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Two cards are turned over

The mamogram came back clear, that was the easy part since there is only one to squish lol. So we can call that card and ACE!!.
Second card, not so good. There is no way to look at the CT scan and tell if the area on the lung chest wall is cancer or is not cancer. The only way is to get some tissue from the area to test. Doc cannot use a scope  because area is too small nor can they do a needle biopsy because the risk of puncturing the lung is too high. Thus the only option is to go in surgically and get it. I meet with the surgeon on the 23rd. He said we can also watch and wait to see if it gets bigger or not. I am not a fan of the watch and wait approach. But doc said either way if it is cancer then its in the bones now. I rather find out now and fight it or find out I have a good reason to celebrate.We will call that card a duce.
Next card is still face down, I also see the Thyroid doc on the 23rd to see about Thyroid mass. So more to come......

2 comments:

Catharine said...

Hugs, Patty! Thinking of you. Is there anything you need? Anything I can do?

PJ said...

Thanks for asking but no not really :) Just take it step by step and see how it plays out. Will have more info next week which will help since I feel just in limbo right now. Keep you posted.