CT Scan Update

It has been 38 days since my last post. I have mostly been recovering from chemo and trying to regain my energy. Nothing exciting happening, been walking quite a bit and starting to feel almost normal. Still have some numbness in my fingertips, discolouration and brittleness of my finger nails.

Received a letter from Toronto Public Health the other week revealing the reason I was sick back in January. Amebiasis. A parasite commonly found in developing countries or in my case, I think it was the Pho Ga from a Vietnamese restaurant a week earlier.

So in case you haven't heard I had my CT Scan on Thursday March 3rd and the subsequent consult on the Friday. The lymph node that has been my bone of contention it still enlarged. 1.3cm to be exact. Down from 1.6cm on the previous scan. Ideally they want it under a cm so they have scheduled another CT Scan for tomorrow, March 23rd in the hopes that it will have reduced further.

I am not entirely convinced that it has and am preparing myself for the inevitable surgery. As I have mentioned before, it is an extremely invasive procedure involving the opening up of my body from pelvis to breast bone! It all seems a tad harsh for one lymph node 3mm to big considering everything else seems to be doing much better.

Unfortunately I wont find out the results until April 8th, so the next 2 weeks I will have my fingers crossed.

Livestrong!