November 27, 2007-two lumps found

I had my 3 month PET scan last week & got my results today. Two lumps showed up-one in the same spot on my neck & one under my left arm. I’m going in for biopsy surgery again. I’ll find out Friday afternoon at my consultation with my surgeon when the surgery will be. Dr. Raish put a rush on it, so it will be soon. My surgeon will let me know if they’re going to cut open both areas or not. The lymph node under my arm is deep & would be more involved to get to than the one in my neck. The pain under my arm feels like the pain that was in my neck the first time & is just getting worse & keeping me awake at night.

Dr. Raish gave me a prescription for an antibiotic for the possibility that this is just an infection. It could take a week or two to get my results from the biopsy, but Dr. Raish is going to get me scheduled for radiation just in case, so we’ll be able to start right away. If this is indeed cancer again I will be having radiation everyday for a month. I won’t lose the hair on my head, just the areas that they radiate. I will let you know this weekend when my biopsy surgery will be.