Unremarkable
I just got an email from our oncologist (complete with smiley face) with an updated report from the radiologist reviewing Austin’s scans. She was able to go back and find some older chest CTs that had been done without sedation and she determined that these two tiny nodules have been there as far back as March of 2009. That is enormously good news because it means they’re not new (and anything new in the cancer world is always bad). They haven’t changed or grown or done any harm in all that time… and therefore they shouldn’t.
Her report ending by saying the findings are “unremarkable”– doctor speak for “nothing to worry about.” Of course, if you ask me, it all seems pretty remarkable.
Just sayin’.
Of all the people whose emails you are happy to have include a smiley emoticon, I’d say an oncologist is pretty high on the list! That’s great to hear.
Soooo happy to hear that!!!
YAY!!
What great news!
May you have the most “unremarkable” Thanksgiving ever!
My daughter is seven years old. She was diagnosed in June of 2009 with unilateral stageIV Wilm’s Tumor. She had mets to the lungs. After chemo, nephrectomy and flank radiation she was clear, last chemo was 12/23/09. Tomorrow we go for a PET scan to further evaluate 3 spots, 2 in lungs and one in abdomen. We are very scared.
Good luck tomorrow. Hopefully you’ll have another Christmas cancer-free!