Dear Friends & Family,
After being told the lesion on the left lobe of the liver was new, and in a totally different spot than the original one (down stream…) our Oncologist wanted Blake to have a PET scan. He wanted to find out how much cancer we were actually looking at. Has it spread? How much? How far? We thought it was probably wasteful because the surgeon wanted another CT in 4 weeks…. The chemo doc said we really needed to do a PET scan because it would enlighten us to whether or not the chemo was working. Well, Blake had a PET scan last Thursday and we got the results on Tuesday – chemo #8 day.
After being told the lesion on the left lobe of the liver was new, and in a totally different spot than the original one (down stream…) our Oncologist wanted Blake to have a PET scan. He wanted to find out how much cancer we were actually looking at. Has it spread? How much? How far? We thought it was probably wasteful because the surgeon wanted another CT in 4 weeks…. The chemo doc said we really needed to do a PET scan because it would enlighten us to whether or not the chemo was working. Well, Blake had a PET scan last Thursday and we got the results on Tuesday – chemo #8 day.
WE GOT SOME TERRIFIC NEWS! The PET scan showed that the spot is dead! Nothing lit up! Nothing – nada – zilch. (I guess you guys can imagine how I screamed out loud!!) HIGH FIVES WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE!!! YIPPEE! I remember the liver doc telling me after the surgery that because of the technology at the new IMC hospital, he had “zapped some stuff that neither of the scans originally showed!” So, apparently, the spot is an old dead area that nobody knew (or remembered) about or, cancer that had been killed off by the chemo. Whatever it is – the Oncologist says it’s not alive! So for now, we get to jump off the roller coaster & just move on with LIFE!!! well, and chemo….. (Avastin & 5FU – no Oxy because of allergy).
4 out of 12 treatments left!! Is that a light at the end of the tunnel??? You bet!!!
Next CT in May.
Thanks for the well-wishes and prayers!! They worked!!! Keep them coming!!!
All our love to everyone!! Kathy
P.S. Best wishes to our friend Noel …. You know, it’s nice to have that Jeff friend, isn’t it??? (Noel was severely injured last weekend & Jeff truly saved his life!!)
4 out of 12 treatments left!! Is that a light at the end of the tunnel??? You bet!!!
Next CT in May.
Thanks for the well-wishes and prayers!! They worked!!! Keep them coming!!!
All our love to everyone!! Kathy
P.S. Best wishes to our friend Noel …. You know, it’s nice to have that Jeff friend, isn’t it??? (Noel was severely injured last weekend & Jeff truly saved his life!!)
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