Monday, September 26, 2005

Aw Crap!

My Oncologist just called with the test results.

He said the good news is that there are conclusive results this time. That is, after all, what we wanted.

The results are a positive diagnosis of myeloma. Since there is no evidence of it throughout my body, he wants to call it 'myeloma cell dislasia.' But I had never heard of that since there are basically two kinds described -- single site and multiple site. He said that since there was some evidence that my vertebrae were involved -- the ones directly adjacent -- single site might be inaccurate.

Now he is talking about radiation, cell transplant and getting me over to another group of blood cancer specialists.

Ah, he just called again with their phone number and an overview of what they will want to see from my previous results (MRI films, lab results, etc.). He also wants me to get more MRI done on my back since we now need to discover where else there may be lesions.

I'll try to keep this up-to-date.

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