Late last night they decide they needed a Pet Scan and insurance approved it as she is in the hospital. It took most of the morning to accomplish.
The scan confirmed the stomach lymph nodes
as cancerous and interfering with the return blood flow from the leg. There is also a pocket like structure around the lymph nodes that may be also cancerous. They also see a spot in the middle of her chest in the wall of it that is
small and most likely the same cancer. It is not in her lungs or in any
way connected to anything with her lungs.
Other than that they don't see any sign of any cancer. The scan was from
her face down to her knees and was clean everywhere else.
This means that as near as they can tell the cancer has not spread at this point and is isolated in two locations.
She starts chemo tomorrow and he expects it to be a combo of chemo in the
hospital as well as outpatient chemo every week when she is not in the
hospital. The plan will be firmed up later this evening in consultation with Sandi's main cancer doctor. He remains
optimistic that they can shove it back into remission, but clearly he
is talking way more chemo than what she has gotten in the past.
So, at this point, I think the news is as good as we could have possibly gotten.
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Yes, definitely good news. I'm thinking the chemo will do the trick!
Boy, I hope so.
What Bill said.
I hope so. Very thankful it was not found in more places. The place in the chest is a spot that has appeared before and that isn't new. The stomach lymph nodes are new.
Sandi and I were both braced for and fully expected it to be found elsewhere.
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