bendamron's Cancer Blog

March 14, 2008

MRI results

Views: 406

once again the look on dr otero’s face said it all. the team of doctors feel confidently the appearance is not cancer, but rather an old clot that formed no less than three weeks ago (before the echocardiogram). he showed us the MRI, and we asked a load of questions. the clot was on the left side, and about an inch above her eyebrow and back towards the ear. another MRI will take place four weeks from now to hopefully rule out cancer 100%. so basically, angel had a stroke at some point in the past month and didn’t even realize it. kind of scary huh? another bullet dodged. i am so happy of the outcome. under this circumstance, having a clot is what we were all hoping for. how messed up is that? thanks for the prayers, positive thoughts, chants, and squeezing the puff balls ;)

last night and this morning, we both had a rough go at it. this was the first time we experienced the potential of something going badly alone, and not in the hospital surrounded by nurses, doctors and our friends. we were not the most effective team at points, but we got through it. if something like this happens again, i think we’ll both be on our best behavior.

we also discussed the big clot in her lungs, and the possibilities of having surgery to remove it. dr otero explained that the procedure is risky, and chemo treatments would have to cease for at least four week to allow for healing. before he would even consider this though, the tumors would have to decrease enough that in the likely case they grow back, it would happen during this healing time, at which point (in the best case scenario) we would be back to square one once again. so, the oxygen doesn’t look too shabby now, and patience seems to be the best course of action.

a neuro-oncolgist visit next tuesday to discuss preventative options for brain clots.

folfiri on monday.

today i am going to enjoy a lot of free time and do absolutely nothing. for once, feel really good about reveling in thoughts of how it could’ve been.

Posted on March 14, 2008 at 6:48:37 PM by angel & ben ( MRI results, 2 comments)

Welcome to the group. I will be praying for you guys. Hang in there.

Posted on March 15, 2008 at 6:31:46 AM by jill

sometimes doing nothing is the best medicine…enjoy
Mac

Posted on March 17, 2008 at 8:14:10 AM by rigidridr