So my 3-month PET wasn't exactly what I wanted – there are three small (4-5 mm), low-SUV (1-2) nodules in various places in my butt. Could be nothing (e.g., cysts), but with MM…nothing's ever "nothing." The nurse mentioned one possible outcome would be to have a surgeon remove them. My doctor's appointment isn't until Thursday, but of course I want to go in armed with as much info as possible. So here's the question: two of the nodules are too deep to feel (one is 1 cm beneath the skin, and another is deeper still)
So my 3-month PET wasn't exactly what I wanted – there are three small (4-5 mm), low-SUV (1-2) nodules in various places in my butt. Could be nothing (e.g., cysts), but with MM…nothing's ever "nothing." The nurse mentioned one possible outcome would be to have a surgeon remove them. My doctor's appointment isn't until Thursday, but of course I want to go in armed with as much info as possible. So here's the question: two of the nodules are too deep to feel (one is 1 cm beneath the skin, and another is deeper still). I can't feel these two. How would a surgeon even find them to take out? And what exactly would the surgeon take out? My two previous subQs have been near the skin surface on my back and they were removed in a procedure analagous to a WLE, including an ellipse of surface skin. That doesn't make sense to me for the deeper ones.
Anybody have experience? How is surgery handled for deep, small lesions?
KatyWI, Stage IV, maybe still NED 4 months, or maybe not.
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