Tag: spleen

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…

  • Further spleen adventures

    Last year I had a splenic infarct which killed off 20% of my spleen (more about that incident on this post). Terribly painful; I don’t recommend. There is no treatment for a splenic infarct (unless it takes over most of your spleen and then you get a splenectomy); you just have to wait it out…

  • 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…