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!
Eileen,
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear your good news! Congrats on getting through all of those tests last Thursday and the terrible waiting today. A little pneumonia sounds like good news to me. Now you deserve a wonderful White Christmas in the UP with lots of naps, good books, and hot chocolate so you can get over that pneumonia. Enjoy the winter wonderland.
All our love, Ellen
and many thanks for your Chem advising right up to the exam.
Yikes, this is definitely a “what’s wrong with the picture” sort of thing with pneumonia being the hoped-for good news!! But, seriously, I hope that you do get good news! And, I hope that you and Keith have a wonderful and relaxing time in the UP! Out with 2010; and, here’s to a fabulously healthy and happy 2011!!!
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Love, Jane
Wonderful news that the liver (and all the other parts) are clear of cancer! Hope that the pneumonia starts clearing up really soon, now that you're taking antibiotics. Larry's had pneumonia twice and he experienced an improvement very fast once he started with the antibiotics. But it takes quite a while to get over so rest well and take good care of BOTH of you. Hope your oncologist gets those biopsy results very fast and that it's just a little rash. Merry Christmas to all you Cormiers. love, Sheila
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us know of your good news! Hope the pneumonia clears up easily and quickly.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
I'm so happy you are doing well! Thanks for coming to the U.P.
ReplyDeleteYour hair is beautiful by the way:) - JOY