I met with Dr. Sierra in the afternoon, and he first let us know that the cancer cells had not spread to my bone marrow. He then showed my mom and me the PET Scan. This showed the mass in my chest was actually 11 cm x 8 cm (!). It also revealed the cancer had spread to two more lymph nodes in my diaphragm. In addition, there is an “area of interest” in my nasal passage that showed up on the PET Scan, but not on the CT scan. This area actually classifies me in Stage IV instead of Stage II, though that would have no effect on my treatment.
He put together a game plan of 4 four-week cycles of chemotherapy (that's a treatment every two weeks for 16 weeks), followed by another PET Scan to check the progress. We scheduled for chemotherapy to begin on Wednesday April 25.
I went to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned. It pays to be dating a dental hygienist.
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