I recently finished my 3 month (post surgery) CT and MRIs and everything came back clear which was awesome to hear…but as many of you know there is sometimes a good and not so good result from our visits.
The not so good was the identification of a lymph node that was "concerning"…so a week later back to MDA for ultrasound of the neck and fine needle biopsy. Interestingly, the node of concern was not of concern to the radiologist but she identified a different node on the opposite side of the neck that looked "possibly problematic" so the fine needle biopsy proceeded just in a different location on the opposite side of my neck. I am learning that phrases such as these are not what you want to hear in an oncology hospital BUT they don't always mean anything terrible.
I got the call today that the "possibly problematic" node was benign and I got the 3 month NED badge today.
In other super exciting news the donor site for my skin graft is finally healed and closed!! and the graft site is nearly completely healed. To my surprise and delight it is much smaller than it started out and doesn't look too obvious since its on the crown of my head and it just looks like I'm balding there. Never thought male pattern baldness would work out to my advantage!
I am taking some time to get caught up on all of you and I just read that Jenn's scans are looking good which is super exciting! I hope you are all fighting, living life, and enjoying each and every day as much as you possibly can! Stay in the fight Warriors!
Nah, not scary Anon. I've had surgical biopsies (5 so far) following the SNL mapping (all negative) but this was one that they spotted with ultrasound after being concerned about a completely different node. Most of the reasearch I've read says between about 94-98% accuracy when done by experienced cytopathologists…I'm ok with those odds any day if I can avoid another surgery 🙂
Good news, Tex. Thanks for the update. Glad that graft site closed, that sounded a bit of nightmare at the time. Take it easY!
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