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Hi,
I'm also awaiting CT torso scan results - and expect to get the full radiology report today, when I see my onc. It's definitely an anxiety-filled time. But I've often (over the past 5+ years with mets) wondered at the notion of praying or wishing for good results, in advance of learning the diagnostic tests' outcome.
Personally, all I hope for is ACCURATE results - whether or not my mets have progressed, I definitely want to know, and be able to make an informed decision about whether to switch treatments. I know so many people whose tests, or docs, didn't indicate what was growing inside them - and who missed out on getting timely, appropriate treatment because of that.
I usually hope/pray for good results when I enter a new treatment - meaning effectiveness & tolerability. By the time I get my dx tests, I figure all I'm hoping for is that they show whatever is there...
(((hugs)))
Sandy in Silicon Valley
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1992 - age 44/ ER-/PR+ Stage II dx - mastectomy, CAF x 6 cycles; Tamoxifen
1997 - BRCA1 mutation dx'd
1998 - ovaries removed
1999 - off Tamoxifen, on Arimidex
2003 - dx'd Stage IV - lymph nodes & lungs. ER-/PR-/HER2neu+++.
Tx: Herceptin & Taxotere (6 cycles).
2005 - 2.9cm x 3.6cm brain tumor. Craniotomy, CyberKnife. 9 mo. staph aureus infection at incision site - 2nd craniotomy. Two small brain mets CyberKnife'd.
2006 - revisit Xeloda - dosage lowered to 2500mg/day, 5 cycles.
2007 - "spot" dx'd on qtrly brain MRI - same location as CyberKnife 7/05. > by 2-4mm per quarter - - radiation injury or re-growing cancer? Tykerb added to Herceptin - July, still "watching & waiting". Otherwise, fully functional...
"The majority of people are not only afraid of holding a wrong opinion, they are afraid of holding an opinion alone." Kierkegaard
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