I am so glad that you were here to make sense of the tests. It seems very
logical that they are baselines as well and frankly I am glad that they are
looking all over. I am sure that if I get crazy I can call his office and
make him crazy! LOL! He has been extremely helpful and I am sure that I
could get answers tomorrow if I desire. I will see, but as of right now I
will probably wait.
My life has changed so much and I need to do something about my old life
tomorrow. Three days this week were filled with cancering and I am tired.
I have a store that I closed in August while we moved and thought I would be
reopening in September. I just don't know that I can open it as it was (an
antique mall), so I am having someone give me a bid on the contents
tomorrow. If I reopen, then it will be different it will be a mix of
things. I can't and don't want to spend my time lifting so much furniture
and moving it all around. So I am trying to see if I can get a package deal
done so that I have an opportunity to have fun and revamp, rather than bleed
out a liquidation. Funny, In August I had an antique mall and I was a
Councilwoman and I was the Chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission and
today I am trying to decide what to replace it all with. Cancering keeps me
plenty busy, but I don't want to do it full time and I do need to put my
head and heart into something.
I'll see you in my prayers and if you don't mind, put me in yours. I do
need His guidance right now... Thanks... Carla
-----Original Message-----
From: Claire <clee02@snet.net>
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: Carla: [MOL] bone scan
>Carla (and Firefly) -- It's possible that your MRI brain scan is just
>routine. I had a brain MRI plus a lot of other tests before my lung
>surgery last June; and brain (not MRI), bone and chest scans last week
>following the completion of chemo. The recent scans are benchmarks,
>according to the doctor, for use as comparisons down the road. I gather
>future scans will show up a problem if one develops. My oncologist
>phoned with the results even though I'll be seeing him this Friday.
>Carla, couldn't you ask your doctor to call you after such a test? I
>think most doctors are willing to do this for their patients. We have
>enough on our minds!
>
> Claire
>
>firefly wrote:
>>
>> Pls. advise me as to why you are getting a MRI of the Brain? Is it just
>> standard proceedure? I have had alot of brain MRI done; but it was for
two
>> reasons, 1st I have a benign tumor (well they never tested it, because of
>> it's location), rt. temporal lobe, 2nd when the mennegies swelled around
my
>> brain. Is a bone scan and a bone density test the same? Excuse my
>> ignorance; but I need an answer to this. I peek into all my folders;
infact
>> I have copies of everything and am I glad since I have suffered pernment
>> damage simply because the doctor would not listen to me. I must take
meds.
>> the rest of my life; just to live. No, I am not afraid of cancer, I am
>> afraid of the doctors! By the way your doctor should have the MRI
results
>> with in the same day if your going in the morning and the next day if you
go
>> in the afternoon. I don't let the doctors keep me waiting long, I
carried
>> all my medical records. You would be amazed at what you learn and you
>> appreciate this complex thing called our bodies, our minds. Good luck
and
>> prayers your way, lillian
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ken naehring <blessu@worldnet.att.net>
>> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 11:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MOL] bone scan
>>
>> >No doubt I did give myself a scare Torie, but now there is no letting it
go
>> >until I am sure that I have to. The good news is that I am going for
MRI
>> of
>> >brain in a couple of hours and I will drop by the cancer center library.
I
>> >am not saying that I have a problem, but I want to know what it would
mean.
>> >I am much better able to deal with things when I have some background
>> >information on them. I have alot of trouble when I know nothing and
they
>> >throw a surprise at me, that is when I crash. So I will just pursue
this
>> as
>> >a part of my normal quest for knowledge and then let the doctor do his
job!
>> >LOL!
>> >
>> >I am reading another book by Greg Anderson called the Cancer Conqueror
and
>> >though it is not written in a first person type style, which I think
would
>> >give it more interest and impact, it does have some very positive
>> >information about mind and belief. So my dear friend, I am OK and I
will
>> >be. I just have that type of personality that needs to know. I always
>> deal
>> >best with the known. Wouldn't it be nice if you went in for a test and
>> they
>> >explained everything to you up front, then ran the test, then read it
while
>> >you were there and explained it to you before you left? No more waiting
>> and
>> >wondering? Ahhhh theres a dream! Hope you know that you are in my
>> prayers
>> >and my heart. :-) ......Carla....
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: victoria@best.com <victoria@best.com>
>> >To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
>> >Date: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 1:34 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [MOL] bone scan
>> >
>> >
>> >>Hi Carla..
>> >>I have no idea what it should look like, and never have had a bone scan
>> >yet,
>> >>but it sounds to me like you gave yourself a scare by peeking at it
>> without
>> >>the doc around to interpret. Take some deep breaths and let it go till
you
>> >>can see the doctor, and maybe you could get in to see him sooner than
>> >>Friday?..chances are you are getting concerned for no reason..They are
the
>> >>professionals. That's why we PAY them so much MONEY!! It's a shame to
pay
>> >>them and still have to do the work, huh? :-))
>> >>
>> >>I'm wanting to shield you from the stress and having a hard time from
this
>> >>distance...so..here's a big
>> >>
>> >>{{{{{HUG}}}}}
>> >>
>> >>coming your way...
>> >>
>> >>wishing you deep breaths, good thoughts, beautiful images and quiet
sleep
>> >>
>> >>Torie
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>At 10:45 PM 1/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> >>>I need some information on bone scans. I had one done tonight and if
I
>> >>understood it correctly, the radioactive material is quickly absorbed
into
>> >>areas where there is cancer in the bone and on the scan they appear as
>> dark
>> >>spots. Does anyone know if this is correct? Also if you have
resected
>> >>lung cancer and it does appear in the bones, then what does that mean?
>> Any
>> >>information would be greatly appreciated. I donated (ha ha) my lung,
but
>> >>this is the first bone scan I have had done and so I am not sure what
to
>> >>expect and I don't see the doctor until Friday. I sort of took a look
at
>> >my
>> >>films before I left, though I wasn't supposed to.. Oh well.......Carla
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>> >>>had one done tonight and if I understood it correctly, the radioactive
>> >>material
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>> >the
>> >>scan
>> >>>they appear as dark spots. Does anyone know if this is
>> >>>correct? Also if you have resected lung cancer and it does
>> >>appear in
>> >>>the bones, then what does that mean? Any information would be
>> >greatly
>> >>>appreciated. I donated (ha ha) my lung, but this is the first
bone
>> >>scan I
>> >>>have had done and so I am not sure what to expect and I don't see the
>> >doctor
>> >>>until Friday. I sort of took a look at my films before I left,
>> >though I
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