Scandalous Results

Scandalous Results From January's Scans

Nothing But Good News

The Results from January's PET/CT and Brain MRI are in and the news is all good. Dr. Edward McClay, Head Scallywag of the Pirate-Fighting Crew, examined the PET/CT results and found them to be identical to the scan completed in Manila last October. This means that, at this point, some mischievous mutant melanoma cell has not meandered to some distant point in my body to  set up residence.

The spots found on the lungs in Manila have not grown in size and do not appear to "take-up" the tracing sugar compound at the rate melanoma cells do. We are beginning to feel confident that they are from previous infections are unrelated to this dance we now do.

 My blood pressure was a little high...very high actually, when I entered the examination room and Amy did the preliminaries. It must have dropped considerably when Dr. McClay announced that the Brain MRI showed some indication of a brain and nothing anatomically abnormal.

Those of you who know me well will surely question the results of this scan. I swear that's what I was told.

Bottom line... Within the limits of the technology, there is no evidence that the invasive pirates have migrated to anywhere else in this old body. To make sure they are not hiding in small Al Queda-like clusters preparing to pounce when the guard is down...we will strike them beginning February 3, (insurance issues/resolved).  

Linda and I learned something exciting today...Dr. McClay's clinical trial of 400+ patients has resulted in 80% of them being cancer-free after two years. The trial that I have entered has added a third drug in an attempt to increase the cancer-free rate to 100%. We like those odds.

Next: Heading To California