And a happy 2012 to everyone. I was reminded this morning by my Oncologist, Dr. Mackler, that it has been two years (almost to the day) since my last treatment, which you may recall was a massive cocktail that turned me into an Uncle Fester lookalike taking months to recover from...and it was worth it.... 2/2012 FINDINGS: and I quote... "there is curvilinear scarring in the right upper lung compatible with post-treatment changes from a known prior bronchogenic neoplasm. Currently, there is architectural distortion with paramediastinal fibrotic changes but there is no evidence for recurrent mass. There is some peribronchial thickening in the right upper lobe noted as well."
(Wait...there's more)
"No new pulmonary nodule. No pleural or pericardial effusions are present. There is no lymph node enlargment in the chest, There is mild atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta. Coronary artery atherosclerosis is noted. No destructive osseous lesion."
IMPRESSION:" There is scarring in the right upper lung compatible with post treatment changes from prior lung neoplasm. No evidence for recurrent or metastatic disease in the chest."
The above evaluation was written by Dr. Fugenschuh, MD
MY IMPRESSION: It is no surprise that the doctor's name ends in HUH !
In English, the news could not have been any better. Dr. Mackler and Ann Novak agreed that I can now start my six month CT schedule,a real milestone in the case study I'm in. I haven't forgotten that I'm still three years out from the magical five year mark, but statistically, they tell me the chance for reoccurance drops dramatically after two years of being clear. Hope they're right...
For some reason I've been humming "Angel's Aquarius" since we left the cancer center this morning and I can't let go of Joann's hand...
My pregnant with twins CT tech from last October had a boy and a girl - all went well. Yep, a pretty good day all around...
LIVESTRONG
Ken
