Two week ago, during a routine CT scan, a 5mm nodule in my trachea caught the screening radiologist's eye. I was promptly scheduled for a biopsy. Alas - it is ACC in the distal trachea.
The pulmonologist contacted me last Wednesday. He said he would try to get back to me by the end of the werk. He is a Mayo Clinic doctor and said he is working with colleagues at Mayo to decide how this is best to be handled.
He did not call back yet, but Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, named world's best hospital, is a busy place. I am very fortunate to be in a place where I have access to that expertise.
Meanwhile, my thoughts and emotions are all over the map. I am trying to get things done at home in preparation for whatever might come next. I am bouncing between disbelief, anger, sorrow, fear, and hopefully not too out of the norm, some occasional self-pity. Oh, and guilt/shame over feeling some of these.
Am I losing my mind?
GrandmaA
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Many people find the time between a diagnosis and discussing any treatment plan as perhaps the most difficult of all so no you are not losing your mind.
We have some information on Cancer and your emotions that might be helpful - perhaps it just goes to show you are human. Of course some of the information in there is UK specific and so you might like to look at Living with cancer outside the UK forum as there may be some experiences in there that might be helpful.
hoping you get that call real soon, do let us know how you get on.
<<hugs>>
Steve
