Pete went to his appointment with the pain management doctor this morning. He suggested a pain patch and some changes to some of the oral meds Pete's been on. He said that the patch is worn for 3 days and may provide more constant relief, particularly when combined with the other changes in meds.
While he was at that doctor's he received a call from Dr. R's office. The doctor had told us yesterday that he was only going to look over the upper body portion of the PET/CT scan while we were there because his areas of most concern were the original resection site (left arm) and the sites of metastasis (brain and lungs). He assured us that he would examine the lower portion of the whole body scan and apparently that was what the call was about.
He said that he found some areas of concern in Pete's legs, and would give Pete a prescription for additional scans of his lower body to provide a better picture of those areas. Yesterday he had given Pete a prescription for a brain MRI and will contact the facility to include this new scan prescription.
What he saw in Pete's legs may prove to be nothing and I'm saying prayers and keeping my fingers crossed that's exactly what it is - nothing. It is certainly better to check everything out and I'm glad that Dr. R is being so proactive.
Pete faxed over the request for the biopsy slides to MSKCC a short time ago and made a call for an appointment with his local medical oncologist, Dr. W, to get him up to speed with all these new plans. He also put in a request for Dr. R's office to send any reports to Dr. W.
At this moment it seems like things are moving at breakneck speed and yet, at the same time, they seem to be almost standing still. It's all very surreal.
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