The 2nd Opinion

Terry and I left after work on Wednesday and stayed with Janell and Brandon for my second opinion with Dr. Hansen who's office is in Ogden. So, Terry, Janell, and I left for Ogden on Thursday Morning. We wanted to get there early because we had paperwork. When we got there, the nurse was talking to the receptionist telling her when I got there that Dr. Tittensor had already talked to Dr. Hansen. I thought to myself, "Wow, what a doctor! I'm so glad she's in my court!" I filled out all the paperwork that took about 45 min, then was called back into the office. The nurse had to take a blood sample from my finger. She squoze my finger, and the blood shot across the room. haha. I thought she hit an artery. We went into the office to wait for Dr. Hansen.

The phone rang, and it was Dr. Tittensor. She told me that the MRI results were back and that I did have cancer in the liver. She also said the Biopsy came back and there are cancer cells still in the breasts. She told me that after discussing with two oncologists, pathologist, and radiation doctor, that we should indeed go forward with surgery the next day. She would have a pathologist in the surgery with us. She thought she could get the cancer even if she had to take extra skin and then do skin graphs later. She also told me that she had already talked to Dr. Hansen about my case and thought I was in very good hands. We planned for surgery for 7:30am tomorrow. so I needed to be at the hospital at 6:00am the next morning.

Dr. Hansen:

He came in the office and told me that he had talked to Dr. Tittensor about my case, and was very impressed with her. He asked me what I knew about the PET Scan. I told him that I have cancer in my liver, and that I needed my breasts to be removed. He added, that there were spots in the lung as well, but he wasn't sure if it was cancer. He also told me that there are three ways to treat the liver.
1. surgery - which he did not reccomend.
2. radiation microblast
3. chemo

He suggested the chemo.
He also explained to me that cancer cells are very small and they might not show up on a PET Scan. His goal as well as anyone else who worked with me was to put the cancer in remission. He told me that I needed to be strong like my mom and have a positive attitude like my dad and I could probably get through everything. He said that Dr. Rich, my Utah Valley onchologist had done a very good job in treating me and that I should probably stay with him.

We left the office hopeful, knowing I had to prepare for surgery the next day.