ⓊⓟⒹⒶⓉⒺ"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." - Jaws
"It's like my father always said to me, he said to me, he said, Roseanna Roseanadana, it's always something
If it isn't one thing--it's another! It's always something." - Gilda Radner
"Dear Whatever Doesn't Kill Me :
I'm strong enough now. Thanks." - somεεcardsSO here we go again, back in the saddle, and had to throw a few good quotes in here for the segue.
16 th CT June 5 --->>> report, disc and Onc appt today :
" There is something we are not concerned about .... BUTT .... Yada ..... Yadda ...... YaDDDa .....
Radiologist says we could rescan in about 6 months. "
polite conversation ensues and the freshfaced newbie resident is summarily dispatched and told to send in the real ONC
( for those who have not followed me the past 8 years .... I like challenging and stressing out new residents. I throw in a few recent ASCO referenced questions, comment on what they might do at MSK or Dana Farber and ask how this impacts what was done / happened with me in 2009 ?????? which usually SENDS them scurrying out anyway 'cos while they MAY have read my entire file at some point ... I doubt that they "know" what's in it for the purposes of my visit today )
Yes, I can be a bit of an asshole .... BUTT if you are sitting across from me with your doctor hat on you better be prepared to bring your best game.... 'cos this is my LIFE and it AIN'T no EFFIN' game. -->>> never saw resident again
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Real Dr.ONC walks in after suitable "debrief" with Dr. FreshFace ..... actually liked her immediately ... NOT a usual response for me !
We chatted, she re-iterated the essential take home from the FreshFaced review and I stopped her and said :
"NO I am not waiting 6 months for anything at this point."
I reviewed my history with her, questioned further details from the imaging report, and told her what we were going to do.
( did I mention I can be a real asshole sometimes ? .... again MY LIFE .... MY CHOICE ... newbies take note ! )
She laid out 3 possible plans, I chose one, tweaked it as to timelines, and we moved ahead and got along quite well.
SO : my choice is for U/Sound in a few weeks, reassess and move to CT/PET as warranted by 3 months, then back to 6 month CT monitoring if it is nothing.
IF I gots me a liver thingie
something ... then I have a whole different plan.
Once again
" It's always something, Roseanna. " and hurry up, wait and see.... still TBA it seems
...and that, as they say is today's news !
Cheers all
CR on another "something" Journey