Monday, August 31, 2009

Setbacks...

Hubby's family visited this past Sat, Aug 29. Had a great time.
Over the past week some of my symptoms have started to return. I have been experiencing increased pain and lower pelvis swelling again. I see my doctor on Wed.
I ended up in Urgent Care Sunday (2 pm) afternoon, and I did not get out until 8 pm! I am back on a strong pain medication again. The urgent care doctor had ordered a CAT scan of the pelvis. The results came back with "good news" and "have to wait for cancer doctor to assess news." The good news is that the lymph nodes are shrinking. The second part is that the "mass" inside the uterus has increased in size. I can't really panic at this point because the image can't just be a straight interpretation that the cancerous tumor has grown bigger.
I spoke with hubby's dad and he had speculated that a CAT scan does not show what part of the tumor is dead and what part is still viable. There are other speculations such as maybe fluid accumulating in that area. Also, what doesn't make sense to me is why the lymph nodes would shrink and not the tumor in the uterus. How this is interpreted will be up to my cancer doctor this Wed.
In the meantime I will be staying home from work. :-(

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