Clear PET scan

The PET Scan was clear, no hot spots, nothing abnormal. It does show "healing" taking place in the rectal area...I could have told you that....

So what does this mean?

We decided that since there is still some healing and drainage on the backside and I am seeing Dr. Lee on Feb 1 to see what is going on at that point, that we will wait for that. Dr. Chang says he would like to start Chemotherapy no later than end of Feb, but we will see what happens with Dr. Lee on Feb 1.

Dr. Chang says doing Chemo at this point will increase the chances of "a cure" by about 40-50%. That sounds good to me! He said by cure, he means no more cancer for 20-30+ years. With that said, I think I'm probably going to do the Chemo... He thinks we should be able to go to Hawaii in May depending on how I "tolerate" the Chemo.

He said if there had been evidence of spread on the PET scan, the prognosis would be more like "let's keep you alive as long as we can"...probably more like 5-10 years. Ummm...I didn't realize that was what we were looking at, but the 20-30+ year timeframe sounds much better :)

Earlier yesterday I went to the Ostomy nurse. She says everything looks good, and gave me a slightly smaller base to use (this is the base that sticks to my stoma). It didn't work so well and I had to replace it in the afternoon prior to my Oncology appointment. Later, Jeanah was able to get one to stick OK, but I am going to contact her today and let her know it didn't work as well as we'd hoped. This is not an exact science. We just are trying to get the best equipment for my situation so I can have the best results and the easiest time of installation every 3-5 days.