So last Thursday was a busy day for me; I went to see a dermatologist to have a rash checked and I had a routine PET/CT to check on things. I'll start at the beginning- I went to the dermatologist in the morning expecting a prescription for some kind of cream for this weird rash. I wasn't too worried because I'd already shown this rash to two different doctors and both had said it didn't look like cancer. So here I am sitting there and the dermatologist says he really should biopsy it just to be sure. Hmmm...I wasn't sure this was a great idea since I was going to get a PET/CT later on that same day, so I tried to put it off. The doctor said we really shouldn't wait, so he took the biopsy. After he finished I asked when he'd have the results and he said a month!?!?! Yes, a MONTH!?!?! WTF! Had I known that, there would be no way I would have had him do it! I would have gone across the street to the breast surgeon to have it done and gotten the results in a couple days, urgh! The good news is that when I told my oncologist she said she'd get on the horn and get the results herself.
Now for the PET/CT. I got the results of the PET/CT this afternoon after a day of nervous waiting (yeesh, I hate waiting for test results). My scan showed a clean liver, a little something in the skin of my breast (where that rash and the biopsy happened, so who knows what's going on there) and what appears to be pneumonia in my lungs. I've had a hacking cough and chest cold for a couple weeks, but I don't feel too bad. Who else gets pneumonia diagnosed with an $8000 PET/CT?!?! Really it is all pretty good news. I went to get a chest x-ray today so they can check out my lungs before and after the antibiotics. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm really hoping I have pneumonia!
So that's all the news and then some. Keith and I are off to the U.P. tomorrow morning for Christmas with the Cormiers. I'm off to finish packing. I'll update again when I hear the results of the biopsy. Merry Christmas to all!
