Saturday, February 01, 2014
Time to update this.
Seems I manage a note per month.
I’ll try to be brief:
the lymph nodes in the neck swelled up, the PET scan was denied, I asked
to see another oncologist.
Not that I
didn’t trust my oncologist, but he works for Harrison and it is GroupHealth
that has the final say. So I wanted to
see what a GH Oncologist would say about the PET scans and while we are at it,
the lymph nodes etc.
Upshot: They did all
the scans scheduled for February, abdominal, chest, neck, and head. It’s good to have that out of the way. No results yet. The new oncologist said that each time they
give me the contrast dye for a CT scan it I like sticking a dagger in my
kidney. Now they tell me.
I’m still off chemo, but oncologist no.3 is suggesting to oncologist no.2 a new chemo especially made for papillary
RCC. This is good news, but I can’t feel
it.
