Spot Detected on Pancreas

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    • September 24, 2012 at 7:55 pm
    newmanmark
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      Hello,

      It has been a while since I have posted anything.  This December will be 3 years NED for me.  I was diagnosed as Stage 3C in October 2009.  I had CT scans done last week and I got the call from my Oncologist today saying that they see something on my pancreas.  I am now going for a PET scan and a more detailed CT scan.  I'm praying that it is nothing.  Has anyone had a CT scan show something and then have it come back negative for melanoma?  I'm scared.

      Mark

      Hello,

      It has been a while since I have posted anything.  This December will be 3 years NED for me.  I was diagnosed as Stage 3C in October 2009.  I had CT scans done last week and I got the call from my Oncologist today saying that they see something on my pancreas.  I am now going for a PET scan and a more detailed CT scan.  I'm praying that it is nothing.  Has anyone had a CT scan show something and then have it come back negative for melanoma?  I'm scared.

      Mark

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        • September 24, 2012 at 9:16 pm
        Randy437
        Participant

          Yes – I had a CT show spots on liver that a subsequenet MRI showed were not melanoma.

          • September 24, 2012 at 9:16 pm
          Randy437
          Participant

            Yes – I had a CT show spots on liver that a subsequenet MRI showed were not melanoma.

            • September 24, 2012 at 9:16 pm
            Randy437
            Participant

              Yes – I had a CT show spots on liver that a subsequenet MRI showed were not melanoma.

              • September 24, 2012 at 10:20 pm
              Linny
              Participant

                Yes. I had an area of suspicion show up on a CT scan near where I had the lymph nodes removed from under my left armpit. My doctor couldn't say with 100% certainty that is was scar tissue so I was scheduled for an ultrasound and a fine needle aspiration. No fine needle aspiration was necessary. The ultrasound showed that I had a bulging blood vessel in the area of suspicion. Apparently that was related to the surgery I'd had. Whew!

                • September 24, 2012 at 10:20 pm
                Linny
                Participant

                  Yes. I had an area of suspicion show up on a CT scan near where I had the lymph nodes removed from under my left armpit. My doctor couldn't say with 100% certainty that is was scar tissue so I was scheduled for an ultrasound and a fine needle aspiration. No fine needle aspiration was necessary. The ultrasound showed that I had a bulging blood vessel in the area of suspicion. Apparently that was related to the surgery I'd had. Whew!

                  • September 24, 2012 at 10:20 pm
                  Linny
                  Participant

                    Yes. I had an area of suspicion show up on a CT scan near where I had the lymph nodes removed from under my left armpit. My doctor couldn't say with 100% certainty that is was scar tissue so I was scheduled for an ultrasound and a fine needle aspiration. No fine needle aspiration was necessary. The ultrasound showed that I had a bulging blood vessel in the area of suspicion. Apparently that was related to the surgery I'd had. Whew!

                    • September 25, 2012 at 2:35 am
                    Harry in Fair Oaks
                    Participant

                      Several months ago I had something on my spleen show on both CT and PET.  Eight weeks later it was gone.  Over the years I've had several CT findings in my lungs – these all turned out to be benign.

                      Best wishes,

                      Harry

                      • September 25, 2012 at 2:35 am
                      Harry in Fair Oaks
                      Participant

                        Several months ago I had something on my spleen show on both CT and PET.  Eight weeks later it was gone.  Over the years I've had several CT findings in my lungs – these all turned out to be benign.

                        Best wishes,

                        Harry

                        • September 25, 2012 at 2:35 am
                        Harry in Fair Oaks
                        Participant

                          Several months ago I had something on my spleen show on both CT and PET.  Eight weeks later it was gone.  Over the years I've had several CT findings in my lungs – these all turned out to be benign.

                          Best wishes,

                          Harry

                          • September 25, 2012 at 3:18 pm
                          Tina D
                          Participant

                            Yes, I have had areas that showed on scans, and turned out to be nothing. People have things that come and go like cysts and the like, but many never know it . Due to the frequency of our scans, it is more likely that we see them from time to time. Always unnerving, though!

                            Tina

                            • September 25, 2012 at 3:18 pm
                            Tina D
                            Participant

                              Yes, I have had areas that showed on scans, and turned out to be nothing. People have things that come and go like cysts and the like, but many never know it . Due to the frequency of our scans, it is more likely that we see them from time to time. Always unnerving, though!

                              Tina

                              • September 25, 2012 at 3:18 pm
                              Tina D
                              Participant

                                Yes, I have had areas that showed on scans, and turned out to be nothing. People have things that come and go like cysts and the like, but many never know it . Due to the frequency of our scans, it is more likely that we see them from time to time. Always unnerving, though!

                                Tina

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