Saturday, January 08, 2005
appointment. @ Abbott-Northwestern results
Jan. 3rd, 2005
The appointment went as we (sort of) expected...you always hope for the..."This has all been a mistake"...but no - Scott has pancreatic cancer he is scheduled for surgery on the 13th...this is good news though...some people don't even get a chance at surgery. He had a CT Scan today, we will hear results tomorrow - they are just checking it against the one he had on the 10th of December. So we are very thankful for the Doctor, he seems excellent...and very cautious. The details with the Scott's pancreas so far are this.
There is a tumor in the mid section closer to the tail end...the Dr. will remove the tumor and that 1/2 of the pancreas...remove the spleen for sure, than remove other organs as he sees fit basically - after surgery and some healing, Scott would have chemo or radiation or both....Scott does have a couple spots on his liver though that they are checking out...Hudson Clinic said they were benign. Dr. Sielaff ordered another CT Scan to take another look...we should get results today...if it seems as though the cancer has spread...there will be no surgery and chemo would begin with the surgery perhaps after chemo...so we want the surgery.
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The appointment went as we (sort of) expected...you always hope for the..."This has all been a mistake"...but no - Scott has pancreatic cancer he is scheduled for surgery on the 13th...this is good news though...some people don't even get a chance at surgery. He had a CT Scan today, we will hear results tomorrow - they are just checking it against the one he had on the 10th of December. So we are very thankful for the Doctor, he seems excellent...and very cautious. The details with the Scott's pancreas so far are this.
There is a tumor in the mid section closer to the tail end...the Dr. will remove the tumor and that 1/2 of the pancreas...remove the spleen for sure, than remove other organs as he sees fit basically - after surgery and some healing, Scott would have chemo or radiation or both....Scott does have a couple spots on his liver though that they are checking out...Hudson Clinic said they were benign. Dr. Sielaff ordered another CT Scan to take another look...we should get results today...if it seems as though the cancer has spread...there will be no surgery and chemo would begin with the surgery perhaps after chemo...so we want the surgery.
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