Category: liver

Sharing my cancer story. It might be helpful, it might be interesting, it might be informative.

  • The waiting game continues

    So, long story short, even though my scans in September showed “numerous” new tumors in my liver, lymph nodes, spleen, abdominal cavity, and right breast, my oncologists think I still don’t yet have enough tumor load to merit another surgery and/or a new treatment called PRRT (Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy). I am both frustrated and…

  • Here we go again…

    On Tuesday I had a 64Cu DOTATATE PET scan. This is only my second time having this particular scan, and last time in 2022 it revealed that my cancer had metastasized in a big way, which completely blindsided me. This time around I am much more mentally prepared to hear “bad news”: I belong to…

  • One of the worst phone calls of my life

    PART 3 OF 3. When the call came from Dr. Pommier on July 21, 2022, I was at home, so I went outside and sat under our deck umbrella while he told me the results of my DOTATATE-PET scan. He is a very nice man with a good bedside manner; however, there was no way…

  • The in-between years

    PART 2 OF 3 So, there I was, late winter of 2016. I had just had two major cancer surgeries in five months. For the next couple of years my oncologist monitored me closely. I had a few scares (e.g. A Lump In My Breast!!! which turned out to just be a fatty lump.) along…