Hello Everyone!
My sincere thanks, for the well wishes & encouragement offered … I am very grateful! Last week was a bit of a whirlwind & I'm still awaiting more info from the results. In the meantime, here's a quick update:
New cancer @ right ear helix – biopsied & pending pathology, in a week or so. Tissue frozen (ouch!) @ forehead – tbd. Left breast tumor observed on CT, yet still requires mammogram, ultrasound & potentially, a core biopsy. MDA couldn't schedule before we left, so Dr. Joudeh (a local oncologist) will conduct the tests, Wednesday. Outcome & strategy will be pending results. MDA’s Tumor Board meets, today & will offer their recommendations re: right kidney tumor. MAYO & local urologist both recommend nephrectomy but I am hopeful for a neo-adjuvant approach before diving into radical surgery. Dr. Amaria concurred & I was pleasantly surprised! In fact, I was encouraged by a sense of advocacy I wasn't sure I'd get.
Finally, (1) .8 CM hilar pulmonary nodule was noted but no formal assessment was given of its etiology. I'm not sure if it is a hold-out from last year's pulmonary infection or something new. Even Dr. Amaria lamented the variability & vagary sometimes accompanying the radiologist's assessments. You all know the drill; standard protocol is watch & rescan for change or resolution … sigh. Unfortunately I still have no results from the Brain MRI, yet. My portal app (MyChart) only yesterday showed the results from bloodwoork, so they are a bit slow to update. Hopefully, no news is good news, LOL 😉
A belated Happy Father's Day to my fellow Dad's & keep up the good fight, Everyone!
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