PET Scan Update

Well, we finally heard back from Dr. Esquivel this afternoon. As many other times in this journey, we did not get the news we were hoping for. Basically, Dr. Esquivel said besides doing more chemo, there is not much else to do. To us, it sounded like, "just wait for the inevitable to happen." He does not believe that a surgery would be curative, as he does not believe he would be able to get everything. And, he confirmed what we have always been told, chemo will not kill this cancer, just keep it at bay for awhile.

So, according to his recommendation, it is either more chemo, or nothing.

Not being satisfied with either of those choices, we are in the process of getting some more opinions. One thing we have become a strong advocate for.

We will be contacting Dr. Loggie, a specialist in Omaha, NE that we met with before, and who at one point thought surgery would be helpful, but just not necessary when we met with him (which was in Dec 07). So we will meet with him again to see if his opinion has changed.

I have also made an appointment (March 30th) to see another medical oncologist who has experience with this disease. While my oncologist has been treating me for over 5 years, he still relies often on the opinion of the surgeons that we meet with, so it would be good to see what another oncologist would have to say about my situation.

And there you have it. Another bump on this road that we have been diverted on to. Is it scary? Heck ya. Being told that there is really nothing that can be done is frightening. Your mind starts racing towards the worst possible outcome, even though in reality, none of us know what the future holds.

Maybe it's not knowing what the future holds that is scary. Maybe it's that we have no control of what the future holds that is scary. Maybe it's that the future has a possibility of creeping up on us faster than we want.

Maybe it's a little bit of all three.

I'll post again when we get more information.