Category: MRI

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

  • Ugh, spleen!

    I had an MRI this month, and an appointment with my oncologist. The good news is that my tumors continue to stay “stable” and don’t show any growth of note. Hip hip, hooray!!! He thinks the monthly Lanreotide shots have been doing their job, so I’ll continue those indefinitely. As I’ve said before, somatostatin analog…

  • Scanxiety!

    This past week I had an echocardiogram, bloodwork, an MRI, and then an appointment with my oncologist to discuss all the results. Verdict: my various tumors are growing so slowly they are considered “stable”, and although I do have new tumors, they are still quite small. In Cancer World, that is all GREAT NEWS, and…

  • Schrödinger’s cancer (ahem, cat)

    It’s a known fact that my particular neuroendocrine cancer tumors don’t show up very well on CT and MRI scans. Unfortunately that’s just the way it goes for some people. It wasn’t until I was given a Dotatate PET scan in July 2022 that I learned just how widespread my tumors had spread. So, although…