Lookin' Good

We were so excited, we were 30 minutes early for the 12n doc appt. (for other people that's on time:o) They put us in a room right away. Cool, good thing we were early we said. at 1:15p the doc came in appologizing. She didn't know were where there! She was told she'd seen everyone and was done.

Bottom line, she saw my blood work, the images, the mass is more on the spine, not her expertise, however she see's lung cancer all day long, and is familiar with cancer. Doesn't look like the tumor is compressing anything in a restrictive way. 2 choices. Follow it to see if it grows or changes, or biopsy it and see if it is benign as it appears. There are a couple of rare things it could be, but they are rare. I have none of the symptoms of these rare cancers, so, not likely.

She also said she didn't hear a wheeze, like I hear. So it must be upper airway noise. Will do pulmonary testing/workup to see what is going on there. Dr. Leard also said the tumor is not puting much pressure on lung, definitely not enough for a wheeze whether I have one or not.

Doc will check with some surgeons to see if anything further needs doing, perhaps seeing a neurosurgeon, since it is in nerve area. If surgery would be needed, which doesn't seem to be the case, it would be done by a neurosurgeon. Doc called back yesterday already, but I wasn't home to take her call. So I'll call her back on Tuesday to see what she discovered from looking at the images again and speaking with sergeon/s.

All in all, I feel very happy, peaceful with this visit. Please pray about wisdom of 2nd biopsy. Lawrence would like to see this diagnosed, not wonder what if, and I don't want to experience any more biopsies. This one would be done at the UCSF Cancer Center with the Radiologist present so hopefully they would get a better sample than last time. The BIG bummer is that I would get no sedation drugs like last time, just some lidocane. From a side effect standpoint, that's great, from a nervous, pain standpoint, I don't want to experience this.

Even in just writing this out, it does seem prudent to do the 2nd biopsy, so we'll see what the doc says Monday. She is very knowlegable and attentive, which gives me a sence of being taken care of. Really needed that! She's taking care of my case even though it really doesn't fall into her 'juristiction'. She did say it was refreshing to see something so benign looking. This tumor is unlikely to be any more ominous than a huge information packet giving me opportunity to grow and change. Yay Charicter, Go book of James chapter 1!!!