Hello.
Everything went well today. Jim and I met with Dr Gordon (Jim's Oncologist in Harrisburg). The CT scans were clear of cancer. There was one spot near where the spleen was that was a mass, the doctor didn't think it was cancer. He thought that it might be scar tissue. Turns out it was visible in the last CT scan Jim had and since Dr Sardi and Gordon both didn't indicate then that they were suspicious of the mass, I'm not going to get too worried about it now.
Also it turns out that Jim has a blood clot in an abdominal vein. Dr Gordon was puzzled on how it came to be. He thinks it may have been present since after the MOAS, but is not concerned about it. The body will eventually take care of the clot and if it broke free, it would encounter the liver and shouldn't cause any serious health issues for Jim. So no worries there either.
Phew... After the appointment with Dr Gordon, Jim made an appointment with Dr Sardi (March 29th at 1:30pm). So now if Dr Sardi says that the CT scan is free of cancer, then I think life will move forward. Neither Jim or I are certain how well the radiologist/Dr Gordon can read the CT scans for PMP. Dr Gordon mentioned that out of all the patients the office sees, they have only one other PMP patient (which isn't very many). However, Jim and I are happy with what Dr Gordon said, but I think we'll hold off the big celebration until we've seen Dr Sardi.
I'll post again after the March appointment.
2 comments:
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Congrats on getting the all clear from Dr. #1! Some form of miniparty must be in order :)
-Liz
Good news, guys. Haven't heard from you guys lately, wondering if you fell off the earth, lol. How's life going? Willie's been on 3 different types of meds to try to get rid of that bacteria that you told me about to have him tested for that Jim had. He tested possitive for it. HE laughs every time he takes his regamine of drugs now, says he feel like an old man now, on 5 different meds total. He's taking meds for blood pressure and fish oil for colestoral now too. Still can't seem to get a CT scan from the insurance yet, not enough evidence that it's needed. We may just go ahead and have to pay for it, even if we have to make payments to the hospital. Give me an email and let me know how things are going!
Later!
Anna
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