The Story: Part 20: More Results

Terry (what a wonderful husband) has been right by my side for the first bout of cancer and throughout our entire marriage. What a wonderful guy!! Lucky me!!

Anyway-- Terry and I went back to the oncologist after the PET scan... Hoping for good news. Dr. Nathan was very real... He was point blank, did not beat around the bush when he told me he thought there "might" be some cancer that had gone to me sacrum. (Come on all you health students--where in the body is your sacrum?) Lowest part of the spinal column next to the coccyx. It is the first butt bone.

Dr. Nathan told me I had a spot, that could be cancer, on my sacrum that showed up on the PET scan.
"You mean to tell me I have breast cancer in my BUTT?" "You're kidding right?" I was not happy.
I continued, "You see- I have a herniated disc between the L-1 disc and the sacrum... I believe it is wear and tear on my lower back. I don't believe it is cancer. My back hurts all the time. I just live with it. Does the PET scan show injured areas??"
"Your PET scan was very pronounced. It shows all your cancer."
"You mean it showed up.... The cancer really showed up?"
"It is throughout both breasts and the lymph nodes under both arms and the lymph nodes under your clavicle (breast bones). " "You'll start Chemotherapy next Thursday, December 16th."
Side note: At this point after my surgery to put in the Port, PET scan and diagnosis. I am red and I mean red all over my left breast and up my neck. The surgical covering, aka tape... I am allergic to. I mean I am itching and scratching and not being very happy. Terry went to go get benedryl and hydrocortazone. Thank goodness. One more thing on the list of allergic reactions... surgical tape. ------more to come-----