Scan results are in and they are a bit of a mixed bag this time. A small 1.1 cm something was seen on the liver right at the site of the resection (surgery). Three possible scenarios: 1- it’s a benign cyst 2- it’s a reaction to the surgical sutures which can appear a year or so post surgery (the time frame I am currently in) 3- it’s a very small cancer growth. It doesn’t look like my other tumors, it’s less dense. This could be because it’s not a tumor or because it’s such a small tumor. What next? A PET scan in Austin hopefully in the next few days. If the PET lights up in that area, we know it’s cancer and Dr. Curley (my surgeon) wants to do the same surgery I did a year ago, only it would be on a smaller scale. If nothing lights up on the PET I will do a scan in 2 months to see if it’s still there. There were no other areas of concern, lungs, lymph nodes pelvis area were all clear. So not the clean scan we were hoping for and more waiting to see what we can piece together but even worst case scenario seems manageable. Not desirable but manageable!
Stay tuned.
xoxo
Hilary