Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Meeting with Oncologist

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.