Waiting sucks
Posted 09-08-2009 at 11:31 AM by HRHDi
I wasn't going to bring this up until we had answers, but...at my 6 month check up and sonogram in August, my doctor found 2 more troubling spots on the left side of my neck. I had a biopsy on August 17 and waited on pins and needles for the results...nothing for 10 days only to find out that the samples were "non-diagnostic" meaning I get to do it all again.
2nd biopsies were done on Friday, Sept. 4th. The last 2 times when they found cancer, we had an answer in about 36 hrs. (business hours) so I'm actually hoping we hear something today.
My blood work indicates that there's something that shouldn't be there. If the most recent tests come back negative, we're going to have to find the cause of this somewhere else. My doctor is very good and giving us a realistic outlook. She expects to find something and has been upfront with us.
Honestly, I kinda hope we get the call today that the biopsy is cancer, because we know where it is and that it hasn't spread to a new location. I really just want to know what the next steps are.
We haven't told the kids yet, but not talking about it is kinda hard for me. I just wanted to share with my .oRg family. It could be a false alarm, but considering the past 2 years I'm not expecting it.
2nd biopsies were done on Friday, Sept. 4th. The last 2 times when they found cancer, we had an answer in about 36 hrs. (business hours) so I'm actually hoping we hear something today.
My blood work indicates that there's something that shouldn't be there. If the most recent tests come back negative, we're going to have to find the cause of this somewhere else. My doctor is very good and giving us a realistic outlook. She expects to find something and has been upfront with us.
Honestly, I kinda hope we get the call today that the biopsy is cancer, because we know where it is and that it hasn't spread to a new location. I really just want to know what the next steps are.
We haven't told the kids yet, but not talking about it is kinda hard for me. I just wanted to share with my .oRg family. It could be a false alarm, but considering the past 2 years I'm not expecting it.
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Here's an update in case you missed Dan's thread. 2nd round of biopsies were also non-diagnostic, so we're going for the whole body scan.
I'll probably get this a week or 2 after the Bash since we have to get a special medication ordered and sent to my doctor.
Again, we're hoping that the 2 spots that showed up on the sonogram are positive because the bloodwork still shows thyroid levels that shouldn't be there.
There are good things about this - no more needles stuck in my neck and this isn't going to interfer with the Bash schedule. And we have "next steps"...I do sooooo much better when I have a plan.Posted 09-14-2009 at 04:39 PM by HRHDi
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Fingers crossed and prayers for you Diana...keep us posted and if you need anything, you have quite a network of friends here.Posted 09-16-2009 at 10:00 PM by VaBusa 
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Love you guys Diana. I am seriously praying and wishing you the best.Posted 09-21-2009 at 11:24 AM by twotonevert
