The Fight Continues.

I had my scans done yesterday. We were not supposed to get the results until next week. Shockingly, they gave them to us same day. Its never a good sign when they rush you into the doctor after scans, and tell you to call your husband. I called Eric and waited for him in the office. Once he arrived the doctor was in the room within seconds. Then they broke the news.

The radiologist called with the results before the scans were even complete. They found changes in my brain, and the reason for my headaches. I have 9 new tumors/mets in my brain. They are not in any cluster, they are all over. Luckily we caught them early. They are small, but they are many. We got to see the scans ourselves. There were 9 flagged spots. I felt like the floor fell out from under us. 1 tumor I was okay with, 9 not so much.

We dont have much information right now. We have an appointment friday with our radiologist. We are going to do whole brain radiation to hopefully help the tumor situation. After that? We dont know. My oncologist is getting another opinion from a melanoma specialist in Tampa. My case is so unique that another opinion is certainly welcome. As of right now all we know is appt with radiologist friday. On friday we will find out the details: how much radiation, how often etc. My oncologist is looking into the plan for after radiation is complete. Watch and wait? Chemo? Clinical trial?  We have no idea. We are taking it a day at a time.

To sum it up we just dont know. As soon as we find out we will share. This is a sensitive topic. Its really crummy news. The fight continues....