Scan Results

The house has progressed a lot this week, we got the rest of the flooring done on Thursday, which meant that we could get the appliances installed today, which means we can finish the kitchen (countertop) and start putting our lives back together.  My friend Dawnette has come and spent so much time helping me hang blinds, shop for the little things I needed to get, helped me brainstorm solutions to various problems, helped me rearrange furniture until it was just right and hang pictures.

I've had my head wrapped up in other things and hardly had a chance to worry about Wednesday's CT scan.  My appointment was late in the day, so I wasn't too concerned when I didn't get a call yesterday.  Late last night I got on my chart and saw results for the Echocardiogram (normal) and the chest part of the CT scan.  Everything looks good there!

What I didn't find was the report for the abdominal part of my CT scan.  That's the one I'm most concerned about right now.  That's how they track what's going on in my liver and surrounding organs.  That's where they watch what's going on in my bones.  This was the first full cycle since we took Perjeta off my treatment plan. I've been so nervous about making the call to cut it out because it was working, but not worth the itching misery.

When I got to Huntsman today I expected to get the hormone shots and pick up my study drug.  That turned into a 4 hour ordeal and a lot of sitting and waiting on various things.  There was confusion about the injections because I didn't show up and get them last month.  I'm pretty good at showing up when they tell me to, but for some reason it wasn't on my radar.  They told me Dr. Prystas was coming in (on her day off) just to see me.  So then my mind imagines the worst, that she didn't post the other report because it was bad and she wanted to talk to me in person.

As it turned out, she just forgot to post the CT report to my chart.  And the scan results were good!  I think she probably came in to work out with the study coordinator what to do with me because things were thrown off by me last month.  UNCHANGED is the word I love to see! It's still there but it hasn't changed.  😊

1. Small hypoattenuating lesions in the liver are unchanged compared to 8/1/2018. On prior studies these were larger and compatible with metastases.
2. Unchanged patchy sclerosis within the left iliac bone, concerning for metastasis.