How are you with Rorschach tests? Or those optical illusion pictures that can be two different things, either an old lady in a scarf or a young woman looking away, depending on your perspective.
That's kind of how my latest CT scans look to my OSU James Cancer Hospital physicians. A radiologist and the medical oncologist that we saw on Wednesday look at the shadow between my heart and right lung and see a tumor returning in the area where a larger mass was taken out in June.
But the surgeon sees a more positive possibility -- maybe the shadow is just a space where the lung hasn't yet filled in to the void where the sarcoma tumor was extracted.
So TC and I left the medical visit with two very different possible scenarios, and lots of uncomfortable thoughts.
In the next 10 days or so, tests on blood drawn yesterday and a PET scan on Oct. 20 should reveal the shadow's true nature. If it turns out to be the return of my sarcoma, then we'll have decisions to make about chemotherapy (maybe in a clinical trial) and/or targeted radiation. The oncologist does not believe surgery would be an option, but I would still want to consult the surgeon to hear it from him.
Meanwhile, I am feeling fine and as healthy and strong as ever. All prayers and positive thoughts are appreciated for this mysterious shadow to turn out to be nothing of concern.
8 comments:
Praying for a positive outcome and sending much love to you and TC🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️
Lots of prayers for a good outcome! Jean P.
❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
Sending all good thoughts to you and TC…
Sending prayers and hoping for continued strength in your body and good words from your physicians.
God, please surround Mary, her husband, family and friends with your constant love and support. Please heal her body completely, push cancer out, replacing new, normal, healthy, proper growing cells.
We ask this all in the name of you son, Jesus.
Amen
Sending you ooodles of love and light - old woman or fancy lady, you’ve got this!
Thank you, Susan.
Thank you, Jean.
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