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On 3/24/2025 at 9:58 AM, MissingInAction said:

I think it's gonna be ok. It's just a fat sack of fluid. Doesn't penetrate the bone or muscle tissue. I can move it around. Chicks like to touch it.

Yea I got some sympathy loving this weekend.

That sounds more like a schlongoma.

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On 3/19/2025 at 7:41 PM, Bevo said:

 

Yeah, but why would anyone get an LLM - It's a downgrade. 

I love surly threadjacks, but there's a reason an LLM is an LLM.  The law degree in England and Wales is an undergraduate degree, often an LL.B., bachelor of laws.  Further study led to the LL.M. Although the law degree in the US has mostly always been a graduate degree, at first and for many years it was the LL.B.  The J.D. is a relatively modern development.

Hang in there all of you.  Got thoughts and prayers and similar shit behind you.

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I know I told everybody that I had spots on my liver that they were sure were cancer, and MDA figured out they weren‘t literally two days before I was going in for surgery to cut a hunk of my liver out.

For two years after that, every MRI or CT showed spots on my liver. Every time the radiologist said it was indicative of metastasized colon cancer - possibly.   And then after a while, whatever the hell they were bid us adieu for good (hopefully).   

Which is all to say, there are good spots and bad spots.  But of greater importance my friend, every spot is not a bad spot. 

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38 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

For those of you who have been on this journey, you are all to well aware of how this impacts your life. Last week was the first post op PET scan (and an MRI for extra shits & giggles). And guess what....there is a spot on both, right about where the surgery was; and because that area is where radiation and surgery were there isn't a for sure answer as to what the spot really is. Tissue still irritated from prior treatments, something that was missed, or something new. 
The surgeon looked and looked and didn't see any visible signs of abnormal cells, though there are still a few areas where she could see cartilage and bone. Those areas had mucosal membrane removed during surgery, and we were told they take time to heal, and that the areas around them were healing. Waiting for an MRI next month, and 3 months for the PET (unless they see something earlier). 
I think this is the new norm, learning to live with the unknown, living in remission while fearing a relapse. So, in general, we do more things for us, and try to remain positive (I am a huge believer in the power of a positive attitude). And for all these reasons we will spend a little more time in the Houston heat this summer. 

Go Green & Hook'em

We go to Houston tomorrow for my wife’s 2nd post treatment scan. I am right there with you and the feelings. 

I also believe in staying positive and the power that gives you, keep it up. 

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3 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

Wait, I thought you were black. 

Worse. I'm a ginger.

We all die. I thought my end would come at the hand of a hail of bullets.

Shit I'm still posting so fuck you death.

Not today.

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Yeah, there's a spot on my lungs that they can't figure out, it's been there from my first CT and hasn't grown or reacted to chemo. I got sent around to different specialist and their best guess is it's a dormant viral infection that I've suppressed for maybe decades. Unfortunately the body is not an exact science. 

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Yeah, as useful as PET scans can be, they are far from perfect. Radiologists all seem to have different styles, too.

“Here’s some areas of moderate SUV. They are probably benign, but who knows, you could still have lots of cancer!”

Oh, gee, thanks!

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I was at my pulmonologist doc many years back -- Dr. Pohl, UT swimmer -- and after my routine x-ray he came into the exam room and asked "do you feel OK?".

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, look at this x-ray.  You have a spot on one lung.  It COULD be cancer but maybe not".

Commence terror.  Turns out I happened to be in the earliest stage of pneumonia, which while not fun, ain't lung cancer.  Spots suck but they can be all kinds of things.

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10 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

The scan reports it's localized to the tumor, and I need to lay off the cheese.

I am unsure how cheese is relates to the tumor.

But in any case, I see they didn't say anything about cheez, so you're still good....

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16 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

For those of you who have been on this journey, you are all to well aware of how this impacts your life. Last week was the first post op PET scan (and an MRI for extra shits & giggles). And guess what....there is a spot on both, right about where the surgery was; and because that area is where radiation and surgery were there isn't a for sure answer as to what the spot really is. Tissue still irritated from prior treatments, something that was missed, or something new. 
The surgeon looked and looked and didn't see any visible signs of abnormal cells, though there are still a few areas where she could see cartilage and bone. Those areas had mucosal membrane removed during surgery, and we were told they take time to heal, and that the areas around them were healing. Waiting for an MRI next month, and 3 months for the PET (unless they see something earlier). 
I think this is the new norm, learning to live with the unknown, living in remission while fearing a relapse. So, in general, we do more things for us, and try to remain positive (I am a huge believer in the power of a positive attitude). And for all these reasons we will spend a little more time in the Houston heat this summer. 

Go Green & Hook'em

Yeah, it's normal for the PET to show "abnormalities."  They are just looking for active cells.  Sometimes it's just inflammation.  But the PET is much more definitive than the normal CT.  Any follow up tests planned?

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10 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Yeah, it's normal for the PET to show "abnormalities."  They are just looking for active cells.  Sometimes it's just inflammation.  But the PET is much more definitive than the normal CT.  Any follow up tests planned?

Her protocol is immunotherapy every 4 weeks through August, monthly PET scans through August 2026 then those spread out to every 4 months, then semi-annual and by 2031 it will become annual PET scans. 

She was very nervous, since this was her first PET since being diagnosed with cancer when she didn't know the test would be positive. So we are in limbo since they aren't saying it was negative, but it also isn't being called positive. If it doesn't change after the June PET then the discussion will be about next steps, but until then it is just monitoring (visually) the surgery site.

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3 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I see my PCP tomorrow then oncologist the following day.

Hope it all goes well - my wife now has (besides her PCP, and couple of prior MDs, surgeons, urologists, etc) a oncology surgeon, oncologist, radiologist, endocrinologist, cardiologist, plastic surgeon, and some other people like social worker, dietician, physical therapist, respiratory therapist (lots of therapists) and me to help through this maze. 

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There was a point during chemo where I actually gained about 20lbs in a month after losing 30 over the previous few months and the onc was like "uh, so it's great you're keeping weight but we, uh, don't want to put additional stress on the body either"

I appreciated the tact. 

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All I know is that I will be cancer-stable for 9 more days. Then I have another CT scan, and maybe it does all kinds of fun new stunts. But until that exact time, I ain't worried. 

After they determined that all the calls were coming from inside the house, ie it was my medicine causing goofy numbers and agitation, I have gotten lots better in a few weeks. Watery bloat all gone, weakness is just a memory. Went from hiding in bed to going on multi-day international sales trips, if Georgia counts as a different country.

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2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

I was instructed to eat nothing but protein. 

No beer makes Homer something something 

VI-eena sausage marinated in purified water. Vodka would probably count as purified water.

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