The sample couldn't be analyzed. There were no cells there to be counted / analyzed / sorted or viewed.
So I offered to go and do it again. Dr S says that there is something there ... it is not an empty void. He did speak with the interventional radiologist - who said he made sure the labratory technician accepted the sample before he stopped the procedure - and that they felt he was in the right location to obtain a sample of whatever is causing the pressure.
But he also thinks that going back for another biopsy will not result in a sample that can be analyzed. He wants a neurosurgeon to look at the CT and MRI and talk about what else could be in there.
We did blood tests, urine tests and will have results this afternoon.
Tomorrow I go for a PET scan -- it will scan my whole body after they inject a radioisotope that will collect iin places that might have tumors. We did one in 2005 and so we can compare.
Let's see ... because if the urine and blood do NOT have the M-Protein (Multiple Myeloma Protein) showing -- and the BetaII Gammaglobulin (a tracking marker that rises when the body is dealing with myeloma) is NOT rising -- and there are NOT new tumors appearing ... THEN ... it is NOT MYELOMA.
Meanwhile, I am still taking the decadron (dexamethasone) to stimulate my body to fight / reduce the swelling. And Percoset for the pain -- though only 5mg at a time since the pain is not climbing up so fast or so high.
I'll write more when I get news ...
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