Wednesday, July 27, 2011
MRI and Biopsy
I had a MRI this morning and this afternoon had another biopsy. Thank goodness today's biopsy was much easier. Well, I don't know if I should say easier, just completely different. Ken was with me which made the trip to the appointments much easier. The first biopsy was in Reston, this one was in Fairfax and instead of it being a tool that made a loud noise to extract the sample, this was a needle biopsy. Of course I didn't look at the needle so I really don't know what they did but their target was my enlarged lymph nodes. They are worried my cancer spread so they are taking samples of my lymph nodes to check. There were 2 doctors in the room. One dr. took the sample while the other dr. analyzed it. It was rather interesting and I liked the fact that I found out immediately. So the doctor would take the sample and the 2nd doctor would leave the room to review it. A few minutes later he came back and said that one was benign. Oh my god, thank you. The doc took another sample, again benign. He took 3 samples from my left side and 2 from my right. All benign. I took a huge breath and let out a sign of relief. Could this really be happening? The cancer didn't spread? Can I be this lucky? Yes I am.
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