It’s been exactly a week since I was told I was having a reoccurrence. Then to be told 3 days later no it is granuloma. Fast forward to today and my Pet Scan shows granuloma and no activity on the spot they found in my lungs.

It all started in December when my right foot was swollen. I went to the Dr and did some test. Checked for clots in the vein and did chest X-ray. All came out fine. But then in January both legs swelled and I started to lose weight, had a dry cough and the swelling was bad. So back to the DO, Endocrine and Oncologist. Change some of my meds and said I would be better in a few days. Oh and more tests. Then finally on 2/2 when it hurt so bad to walk I went back to the DO. She said you need to go to Er you have shortness of breath.

So off we went to the Er! I had another Venus Doppler done and no clots, chest X-ray and all was good. Er dr didn’t like the way my feet looked and said she was admitting me. She thought it was cellulitis but with my background they wanted to run more test. After 2 days the general Dr said he wanted a CT Scan. So off to get the CT Scan and not 40 minutes later I was asked whom my oncologist was. Right then I knew something was wrong. When my oncologist walked in all I could do was cry and say No! My oncologist was positive and said that my lymph nodes near my bronchial was enlarged and that I had a spot in my lung! She believed the spot in the lung was nothing but was having the pulmonologist come to see me. So the pulmonologist said we could wait 4-6 weeks and repeat the scan or do a bronchial scope. I said we need to do the scope. So last Friday I had the scope done at 8:00am. By 9 am I was told it was a reoccurrence. The pathologist was so sure that he said not to take any more samples. So I came home Friday and told the kids and my family. I was ready to fight Round 2!

Then on Monday my oncologist called and said all the stains show no evidence of cancer. She said she would run more stains and we would do a pet scan on Wednesday. So the second stains came back negative but the Pet Scan was moved to Thursday. Because The insurance didn’t want to cover the Pet Scan. So my oncologist had to schedule a pier to pier with the insurance to finally get it approved.

So Thursday, yesterday I had my Pet Scan. I can not tell you all the emotions that occur when I laid on that table. The constant head talking to myself saying it’s taking longer then last time. What if! Just Cray Cray talk in my head! I thought the oncologist would have called me on Thursday but she didn’t. Finally today at noon I couldn’t wait any longer so I called. I was told she was out of the office today until Tuesday! I was like WTH! So I spoke to the nurse and she said she was gonna call the Dr and call me back. At 3:05 I called back and no response. Finally I said I have my oncologist cell, I’m texting her. And she quickly responded. She said the Pet Scan showed granuloma and no activity on the lung spot. She said she still wanted to see the pictures herself on Tuesday but she is confident it is granuloma. I will be put on steroids and rechecked in 4-6 weeks!

I can’t say enough about all the out poor of the family and friends that knew. It gave me strength and courage to fight again. Once I finish the cycle of steroids I hope to put this all behind me! I will work on Learning to live without fear of reoccurrence and strengthen my faith again!

I am blessed! I got this!