Is it back?

Thank you so much for your feedback. I DO feel a lot better after hearing about your experiences. My sister was so concerned she called the Cancer Center of America (???) and they recommended I not wait 5 weeks to see if this thing grows or changes. I am relatively close in location to Chicago Northwestern Hospital so this gal wants me to contact them and see if they agree on the wait and see approach. She said that hospital may also say that its too small to biopsy at this point but that its better to be safe than sorry….so I have a call into them. I guess they are the closest hospital with cutting edge technology and she claims her friend had a similar experience and went there for an “rfa” procedure where they go into the abdomen with a probe and “blast” the spot out. They are supposed to call me back today and tell me whether or not they would recommend my coming in sooner.

I guess I was just feeling so comforted knowing that my doctor claimed to have removed everything 6 months ago, with wide margins, no lymphatic involvement, no vascular invasion, etc. Now I am right back to where I was before with the anxiety and the worry. Wondering/feeling as if this crap is popping up everywhere in my body.

I guess this worry never goes away, right Kris & Jean? We just have to keep going, taking one day at a time and holding each other up.

Thanks so much for all your comments. I am still concerned, but I do feel better.

Will keep you posted!
Hugs
Jean

This is exactly what happened to me…even down to the diagnosed in April with a successful resection, negative margins, negative lymph nodes, and always normal blood work. My surgery was in May and I had my first follow up CT scan in September. They initially said it was great “absolutely no areas of concern” until a second radiologist read it and was concerned about two areas in the liver.

I was so afraid…I can relate with everything you said! I think a great deal of it was that I went back to the exact same feelings as when the tumor was first found…panic and utter terror. But, I think that’s all perfectly understandable…I simply could not separate the feelings/the situation from that initial one.

I had another PET/CT about 2 weeks later and it was negative!!! The surgeon said that after looking at it, the two areas were just post surgical changes and were not tumor. So, I think I’ve learned that on future CT scans things maybe found but that doesn’t mean that it’s the cc.

I know you will worry…that’s just normal. But, I have learned that it’s best not to jump ahead…as I frequently tell myself “don’t go there till you’re there”!

It’s all just so difficult I know and I think CT scans and all scans do indeed have “glitches”. But, from mine and Kris’s experiences, it may just be nothing.

Please let us know how it goes and I am sending all of my most positive thoughts your way!

Jean

Hello worried… Oh yes it happens. We had encountered many of these instances where the scans showed lesions which later turned out to be insignificant, or even disappeared. The good news is that it is being watched carefully. By the way, you have come to the right place with people ready to support you all the way. So glad for you to have reached out to this great bunch of CC members.
Hugs and good wishes coming your way,
Marion