PET SCAN RESULTS!

We met with Dr. Nunnink today to go over the results of the PET Scan from Monday. Good News! The large mass in the chest: gone, the cancer in the lymph nodes under the arm: gone, the cancer in the hip: gone! The only glitch- a small area in her neck "lit up" in the scan. What this means is that there is some form of high metabolic activity in this region. Dr. Nunnink is not sure what it is. It could be an inflammation, it could be cancer, it could be nothing. He is going to consult with some other specialists and get a plan together on how to proceed with this.

So, this is what we know: two more cycles of chemo (Dec. and Jan.), followed by 4-6 weeks of radiation treatment. The neck issue: they might bioipsy, they might hit it with radiation, they might surgically go in and remove the tissue. At this point we are unsure.

It wasn't the the news we were praying to hear, but Dr. Nunnink says that we should be very pleased with the results thus far and that he will figure out the rest. So that is how we are taking this, great news!

We will fill you in when we now more on the new issue.

Troy and Pam.