results

Ok, things have been so busy around here but it's about time I updated what is going on!  Mom went in on Thursday for another scan and was planning on meeting with the doctors after to go over the results.  She was feeling pretty nervous for this because she has been feeling something in her lungs when she breathes and has had an uncomfortable cough and we have been wondering if the cancer was maybe moving into her lungs.  She had the scan in the morning and after doing the normal routine they wanted to also do a scan on her legs which of course made us a little nervous.  They then had to wait until the afternoon to meet with doctors, who were also a couple hours late so it made for a very long day!  I think Mom said she finally crawled up on the table in the room and laid back to have a little nap. :)  When they were finally able to meet with their doctor she had not been given a report yet by the radiologists and was just looking at the results herself so she was not sure of anything but gave what she thought was positive results.  She promised to call the next day to give a more accurate picture of what was going on, so we waited anxiously to hear back.  Today Mom and Dad were able to have a conversation with her on a more specific level and it was not really the news we were hoping for.  It looks like part of the problem with her lungs is related to the chemo treatment she is on which can be fixed with steroids, but they also found nodules in her lungs.  Her scan also showed some unexplained areas in her pelvic bone, hip, spine, and scattered through both arms which could be the cancer spread into her bones.  So the plan right now is she will need to have a bone scan done within the next two weeks to verify whether that is the case or not.  She will also start steroid treatments next week and continue with those for six days which will hopefully help clear out her lungs a little, then she will start a new chemo treatment after that called Doxil which will only be delivered once a month and should not have huge side effects.  So for now we will wait to hear back about the bone scan and whether or not the cancer has entered those different areas in her bones and what the next step will be.  I will post as soon as I hear the results. Thanks again for all the prayers, even though the results were not what we were hoping, I know we have all felt the spirit sustaining and strengthening us through these uncertain times.