Some News At Last...

... but not the whole story yet.

So the biopsy results are in and they show that the "6cm mass" in my right lung is cancerous.  Further it shows that the cancer is "non-small cell carcinoma" but doesn't show which of the two non-small cell carcinomas it is.  Further, more complicated tests are needed for this and these are being done as we speak.  The good news, such as it is, is that non-small cell isn't as aggressive as small cel cancer.

We also don't know yet whether or how far the cancer has spread.  We believe that it might not have spread to the pleura (all those biopsies were negative if you recall) but even that isn't guaranteed at the moment.  The hope is that the PET scan (you'll have to look it up on Wikipedia - all I know is that I need to report to the Department of Nuclear Medicine to get it done) will show this definitively.  That takes place tomorrow afternoon.  Apparently they carry them out on Saturdays so that if there is a nuclear explosion, less doctors are injured/killed.  I may have made that last bit up.  I'm such a drama queen!

Will see Dr Bailey on Tuesday for the results of the PET scan.  At that point we can talk about treatments and prognosis.  The original prognosis of "months rather than years" was made on the basis that they believed the cancer had already spread to the pleura.  that may still be the case but we don't know for sure at the moment...

And that's all I know bunnies.  As I say, not the whole story but a bit further down the road so let's wait and see what Tuesday brings.

Other than that, managed 4 hours sleep last night which was fantastic.  Feel brilliant today.  That was after 2 vodka martinis though so am now having a vodka to see if I can repeat the experience tonight!  Also went for a walk in Hulme Park with DD this morning (Hulme isn't far from where I live) which was actually rather pleasant. The weather was nice, we didn't get mugged or raped and we had coffee in the Zion Arts Centre.  And tonight is Gardener's World.  The world is looking like quite a good place from where I'm sat at the moment.  Hope your views are as good.  That's all.  J x