I finally had a PET scan yesterday, two weeks after the cancer diagnosis that was one week after surgery to remove a misdiagnosed hemorrhoid that I’d had for at least a year.
Finally I am going to find out what’s what tomorrow. I keep telling myself that whatever it is, whatever stage, there is treatment, but my imagination is flying wildly between “the surgeon said she got it all” to “this arm pain means it’s metastasized to my whole body.” Mostly the latter. And of course all the friends and family who have been so supportive lately are nowhere around this evening and it’s just me and the cats! I don’t know how to get through the night. How do you all do it? And then the nights when you have scans after treatment?
Hi ,
It really is awful to be in the position you are now. I too had convinced myself (before I knew more about AC metastasis etc.,) that the ache in my hip that I already knew was osteoarthritis had worsened considerably & therefore must mean the cancer had gone to my bones! Obviously it hadn’t but an army of people could have told me otherwise but until I’d had those scans & my Dr had reviewed them & said there was no spread I couldn’t think any other way. I’ve been for an MRI this morning as the clinical trial I’m in is coming to an end, I’m 3 years post treatment & although I’m a little apprehensive waiting for results, I don’t think that will ever totally go away, it’s way less than it used to be earlier on. I hope you get your PET scan results very soon & all is well.
Elaine () although I was scared of going into treatment like you the cancer frightened me way more!
Nicola
That’s great news , I hope you’re feeling a little more settled now. Forgive me if you’ve already said but do you have a date yet for your MRI?
The external polyp that sat on top of my tumour had been there for over a year & it was so small that I thought it was a skin-tag but then all of a sudden over the Christmas is bled a couple of times when I wiped after using the loo & then suddenly appeared bigger & changed shape so much like yourself with your ‘haemorrhoid’ this had probably been festering with me for a few months beforehand but I was still only stage 1 at diagnosis. It’s great that your possible staging will be early stages & hopefully you’ll get a treatment plan in place really soon.
Nicola
Hi ,
Great to hear you have a start date for your treatment, you’ll be through the other side before you know it. Good luck. We’re here whenever you need us.
Nicola
