I got the PET scans back and my fears have been realized. There is "activity" in my liver where the hemangioma and in spots nearby. They would need to do a biopsy to confirm cancer. I'm trying not to be angry that the surgeon who had me open and looked at it last month didn't think to do a...

Thanks hiker. I looked online and the one in Columbus is ranked #20 nationally. Does that qualify as "top?". The Cleveland Clinic, ranked #5 would be next closest at #5.

I tried to get a second opinion at MSK after I had started treatment and they have a policy of not offering a second opinion until your current course of treatment is done. Not sure if that’s true at other places.

Wow. I sure hope not.

I tried to respond to this yesterday, but it didn't go through. I appreciate everyone's responses, especially from those of you who are still going without a recurrence. I just got back from my PET and was told that we usually hear results the next day, but that for me it would be Monday since I was...

Great news! Thank you for sharing it.

I submitted a signature that hopefully comes through on this posting, and will follow your tips as best I can. Thanks to the other person who posted about some positive outcomes. Did you find that your Oncologist had an optimistic tone at the beginning? Mine said, "With treatment, we can cure S...

Andre, Thank you for the hope. I see that yours still has not spread after nearly 5 years and that it exactly the kind of news that I am needing right now. All of this is so surreal to me still. One month ago, I went to the ER with severe constipation and dehydration from what I thought was just a s...

I hear what everyone is saying about a second opinion. We do have a major cancer center just over an hour away in Columbus (the James). That said, if the treatment is not going to end up changing and the regiment is two weeks, I just can't justify going there versus going to the cancer center that i...

Hello, I am also new to the cancer club and pretty scared right now. I am post-surgery after a CT scan showed a 2cm tumor in my sigmoid colon. Margins were clear. I now have an Ostomy, which could be resected after treatment. The surgeon never explained the biopsy report so I was left to Google for ...