depressing news

Well, I went in Monday for my CT scan and talked to the surgeon.
Went thru all the prehospital certs. Silly me forgot to get a copy of the CT scan.

Yesterday my surgeon called and my surgery is postponed for a couple of months. He wants me back on chemo. I didn’t know why because I didn’t have a copy of the scan. He told me to go see my primary care dr. to get back on meds or get a referral for a pulmonologist because of this darned lung problem (got a copy of the scan while I was there). Guess the embolization was a LOT more trouble than it was worth. (my lung got nicked and I ended up with pneumonia…) The reason for the specialist is “new right pleural effusion with a thick pleural rind is a possible empyema.” Definition: Empyema is a collection of pus in the space between the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall (pleural space).

My tumor is 1cm larger than last month. “Two areas of discrete low attenuation which are probably areas of necrosis. Vague low attenuation lesion within segment.. is 1x.7cm and is new.” I’m not sure what this means. Do I have a new tumor forming?
“Newly enlarged periportal and portacaval adenopathy suspicious for metastatic disease.”

I’m really quite upset with Dr. Kemeny right now as I’ve been tryng to get back on chemo for months while I waited for surgery. Her office just called me back and moved my appt. up to this Monday. Hopefully I’ll have calmed down by then but I can’t believe this. I’ve been trying for months to get somewhere! Now stuff is growing, we’re going to start treating again? Why not before???