Back on the 12th of last month, as part of the study I’m in, I had a CT scan that showed what could be another bit of cancer in my lungs; and a PET scan about a week later confirmed that the lump was “hypermetabolic’.
Today, I had a bronchoscopy and a biopsy of the new lump. Since that required general anesthesia and I have no one to drive me home and watch out for me overnight, I was admitted to the hospital for “observation”. If my last two biopsies are any indication, nothing will be observed; and I’ll be on my way home by late morning or early afternoon.
I’m not sure when I’ll find out the results of the biopsy, but it’ll be tomorrow at the earliest, maybe not until Monday. I have appointments with the radiation and chemo oncologists next Thursday when I’ll decide what to do. At my age, there won’t be any thoracic surgery.
Update, Friday the 19th: one thing I forgot to mention is that they put me in a private room, which was convenient. Also, I brought my laptop with me along with my WiFi hotspot, so I was able to mitigate some of the boredom.
There was one interesting bit of news on NBC’s Today: Israel, in response to the Iranian attack, refrained from cranking it up to eleven. I was surprised by that.
Around 10:15 this morning, the doctor who had the authority to release me deigned to show up; and since, just like after the first two bronchoscopies, I had no unexpected, or even uncomfortable, symptoms; so I was out by about 10:30. At 12:30 as I write this, I’ve returned home, unpacked, and checked my regular mail, e-mail, and the blogs I frequent; so I’m now ready to resume my normal life. π
I still haven’t seen any results from the biopsy, but I don’t really expect that until Monday.