Hemming & Hawing

Good news! Well, sort of...as good news is never definitive, just a temporary postponement, a hedging of medical bets.

The right mid-lobe spot and the right lower-lobe mass appear to be 2-3 millimeters and "stable," meaning they haven't grown since the last CT scan, 3 months ago. They are most probably benign granulomas, scar tissue left over from a past infection, or exposure to histoplasmosis or tuberculosis. And, because we can't just leave well enough alone, the protocol is to repeat the CT scan in 6 months and then again in a year.

Luckily, I have the world's most absent-minded oncologist. Don't get me wrong, I love the guy. But I'm always the one who has to remind him that it's time for the 3-month Search-For-Lumps exam, remind him that I had a test and he needs to look at the results. My guess is that 6 months will pass, and if I don't say anything, I won't have to subject myself to more pointless CT radiation. As I said before, I'm done, and I'm comfortable with that. I don't need to go looking for trouble anymore, at least on the lung front.

He did the whole-body palpation yesterday (after I reminded him that it was time), and I am deemed cancer-free for another 3 months. Yippee!

On other fronts, Juli continues to improve. She was making meatballs last night, so I guess her appetite is back.

So, live moves on.