More Tests

Well we got the pathology information last week. It was a lymph node with cancer... so.....here we go again. I am going in for a PET scan today. Then we will know a little more on what if any cancer is left or remains.
Tomorrow I have an appointment with the Urologist to see about the results from the Mag 3 renal scan.
I have been getting quite an education on some of the new tests available to us. I am truly amazed what the medical profession is capable of.
Most people I encounter ask me if I am OK. But strangely I feel very calm and know that whatever comes about will be OK. I truly have great faith that God watches over and takes care of what will be done.

With GOD all things are possible

Mikes Second Child {HOOD}

Yep ... you guessed it he needed another car....every guy {nEEdS} a corvette
Big Boys.... Big Toys!

back among the living...i think

Hi
I am back... I think.
It has been pretty rough around our house for a while.
After we came back from vacation, I thought I had an hernia, I went to get it checked out. They found out it was a tumor. After being poked and prodded tested and checked they finally made an appointment to have it removed.
Mike and I went through the gamete of emotions and prepared ourselves for whatever might happen.

The day arrived for surgery, at 6:30 am we got a call from the hospital to postpone the surgery (the surgeon was stuck in Chicago , all the storms and tornado's grounded all planes).
Well they rescheduled the surgery for 3 days later, I was able to experience the post surgery anxiety twice. We got to the hospital and checked in unscathed.
The nurse had a hard time getting an IV in, I felt like a bruised pin cushion. She finally called in someone else to get the blasted thing in... whew.. that was a milestone. OK every thing was good all the really scary stuff was over. All I needed to do was to sit back and fall asleep and it will all be over.....
OH NO ... the nurse came in and told us my surgeon was just taken in to emergency surgery... he had a bad attack of kidney stones. and thew up in the operating room on the patient before me...
I thought .. I am not leaving this hospital until the blasted thing gets removed. Well a beautiful woman came walking past my area, Mike said "who is that, a pastry chef?" She was dressed in white with a white cap on. After Mike made the crack about the Pastry Chef, she stopped by and smiled at us and introduced herself as Dr. Glens partner and she would be doing my surgery. She had heard what Mike said. How embarrassing.
Everything else went off OK. I am home...sitting upright, and on the mend.
I won't get the pathology report until the end of the week.

Next week I am looking forward to a test called "meg 3 renal scan w/lasik"
They also found my right kidney is about 5 to 6 times larger than normal.
Boy, by the time this is over I am going to learn all sorts of new medical terms!
So I will keep you posted as we learn more.

On the upside, I am off work for a while so I might be able to get a few of the books read I have been putting off!