My Disease Is Progressing

[Andi]

I went for my quarterly check up the week before Christmas, and had some concerns with a cough that would not go away. I had followup tests on Dec 21 which included blood, chest xray, and ultra sound of the lymph nodes in my neck. The nodes were ok, my tumor markers were normal and my liver and kidney function appear to be ok, but I had a considerable amount of fluid on my lower left lung, so..I had surgery on the 22nd to put a chest tube in. They found a couple of very small spots in the pleural cavity that were cancer. The path report shows I am now er,pr- and her++, rather than her+++. My onc has been out of town for vacation, so I will be seeing him Thursday after taking more scans. I ended up being in the hospital from the 22nd until yesterday, so my Christmas certainly wasn't as planned. The good news is, my daughter was home and my son lives here, so my family was able to be there with me. I'm hoping the New Year will have some good things in store for me. If anyone has any suggestions as to treatments, etc. I am all ears. Happy New Years to all of you!