OOOhhh OOOhhh OOOhhh Question Scar Tissue
I know I'll ask my onc in three weeks, but heck, seems like some of you know already.
I'm wondering about scar tissue, I just saw a post about that, and it set me wondering.
Can they kind of mess up scar tissue with cancer? (okay I know I have cancer, and it's in the colon and liver from biopsies, but maybe the uterus cancer could be scar tissue?)
I know I might have a bit, because when I was 21 and had my daughter, when they did the c-section they discovered the wonderful Air Force doctor had cut a few places, including bladder, uterus etc., and they had all fused together, so I ended up with 8 hours of surgery to repair the damages and sew everything back into it's normal place, (plus 10 days in the hospital), so can scar tissue be seen as cancer tumors?
And I ask this question because I forgot about that, and my onc doesn't know, same with a burst tubal pregnancy, I had that happen with a three month embryo, I don't even know how you list that as a surgery? Does that cause scar tissue? Dang, how does one forget about those surgeries?
Winter Marie
Comments
-
After surgeries, you are full of scar tissue
I know that during my second surgery, some of the "questionable tissue" that my onc removed turned out to be scar tissue resulting from my prior surgery. As it doesn't look "normal" it falls under "questionable". Hopefully, with your history, that's all it is for you.0 -
Yes Maam it can be misconstrued as cancer..abrub said:After surgeries, you are full of scar tissue
I know that during my second surgery, some of the "questionable tissue" that my onc removed turned out to be scar tissue resulting from my prior surgery. As it doesn't look "normal" it falls under "questionable". Hopefully, with your history, that's all it is for you.
I am thinking that it shows up as a lighted area much like cancer cells after a dose of Fructose (sugar) do...They absorb it faster so it lights up more than normal cells and sometimes the scar tissue is misdiagnosed being it sometimes shows very lightened as well........Buzz0 -
Thank You
Thank you Abrub and Buzzard, I'll be writing these surgeries down in notebook so I don't forget to tell the Oncs.
I'm feeling better about some of those "lighted" areas already!!!!
Winter Marie0 -
interestingBuzzard said:Yes Maam it can be misconstrued as cancer..
I am thinking that it shows up as a lighted area much like cancer cells after a dose of Fructose (sugar) do...They absorb it faster so it lights up more than normal cells and sometimes the scar tissue is misdiagnosed being it sometimes shows very lightened as well........Buzz
My latest PET Scan mentions two of the three spots that light up are next to surgical clips. I've thought that really odd. Did your Doctor suggest that as well?
That would be wonderful for me, but given my rise in CEA, I'm not betting the farm on that. Traci0
Discussion Boards
- All Discussion Boards
- 6 CSN Information
- 6 Welcome to CSN
- 121.8K Cancer specific
- 2.8K Anal Cancer
- 446 Bladder Cancer
- 309 Bone Cancers
- 1.6K Brain Cancer
- 28.5K Breast Cancer
- 397 Childhood Cancers
- 27.9K Colorectal Cancer
- 4.6K Esophageal Cancer
- 1.2K Gynecological Cancers (other than ovarian and uterine)
- 13K Head and Neck Cancer
- 6.4K Kidney Cancer
- 671 Leukemia
- 792 Liver Cancer
- 4.1K Lung Cancer
- 5.1K Lymphoma (Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin)
- 237 Multiple Myeloma
- 7.1K Ovarian Cancer
- 61 Pancreatic Cancer
- 487 Peritoneal Cancer
- 5.5K Prostate Cancer
- 1.2K Rare and Other Cancers
- 539 Sarcoma
- 730 Skin Cancer
- 653 Stomach Cancer
- 191 Testicular Cancer
- 1.5K Thyroid Cancer
- 5.8K Uterine/Endometrial Cancer
- 6.3K Lifestyle Discussion Boards