Well, the PET scan was today, and I got the results. There are no sites showing pickup - i.e., no activity which would indicate that the growth found on Friday is cancer. So, woo hoo!
I'm very happy about this, and Jane and I are all smiles tonight. To be honest, the news that there might be more tumor growth had put me in a bit of a sour mood. That's evaporated, and I'm left feeling surprisingly cheerful at the prospect of heading to Richmond for some high-dose chemo and total body irradiation. :)
However, this still leaves open the questions, 'What was that blob on the CAT scan? Friday' and 'Why does this hurt so much?', I'm content to leave those unanswered for a little while. We'll be taking the scan results to Richmond for review by the transplant oncologist. We should hear in the next day or so whether we can pick up our plans to go through with the stem cell transplant.
For now, I'm filled with lots of hope and relief. Thank you everyone for your prayers and kind thoughts. I think they might have given me the boost that I needed to get through this.
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