18 months cat scan in a week, Scanxiety is here

CarlosRosado
CarlosRosado Member Posts: 88 Member
in Kidney Cancer #1

I will have my 18-month post partial nephrectomy and I'm feeling a little anxious... no symptoms at the moment but we never know... my last report (1-year scan) showed this:

 

 

CT CHEST:

LUNGS AND AIRWAYS: Airways are patent. Noncalcified pulmonary nodules as follows measured on series 205 and compared to 82,018 CT chest:

2 mm middle lobe image 249 stable, benign.

PLEURA: No pleural effusions or significant pleural thickening.

HEART AND GREAT VESSELS: Heart size is normal.

ADENOPATHY: None.

CHEST WALL / LOWER NECK: No significant abnormality.

BONES: Mild degenerative change spine.

CT ABDOMEN AND PELVIS:

LIVER: Diffuse hepatic steatosis. Focal fatty sparing along margin of the gallbladder fossa stable from 8/8/2018.

GALLBLADDER AND BILIARY DUCTS: No calcified gallstones. Nondistended gallbladder. No intra- or extrahepatic biliary dilatation.

PANCREAS: Normal.

SPLEEN: Normal.

ADRENAL GLANDS: Normal.

KIDNEYS AND URETERS: Right renal cyst. Tiny low-attenuation right renal lesion on axial 30 upper pole to small to characterize but likely cyst. Mild scarring upper pole left kidney from partial left nephrectomy.

URINARY BLADDER: Normal.

BOWEL: Diverticuli colon. Normal appendix. No transition point small bowel caliber.

REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS: Normal prostate

LYMPH NODES: No abnormally enlarged nodes.

PERITONEUM / RETROPERITONEUM: No ascites or free air.

VESSELS: Aorta and IVC without significant abnormality. Splenic vein, SMV, PV and hepatic veins demonstrate enhancement.

ABDOMINAL WALL: Normal.

BONES: Mild degenerative change spine.

 

Comments

  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member
    edited July 2019 #2
    Uncle Ned

    Sending good karrma for hus vusit.

     

     

     

     

    icemantoo

  • Allochka
    Allochka Member Posts: 1,072 Member
    #3
    Stage 1, grade 2 - you should

    Stage 1, grade 2 - you should be all right! 

    Good luck and keep us posted!

  • stub1969
    stub1969 Member Posts: 978 Member
    #4
    Try to relax

    I'm not a betting man, but if I was, I'd put some money on another good scan for you.  

    Stub

  • CarlosRosado
    CarlosRosado Member Posts: 88 Member
    #5
    Allochka said:

    Stage 1, grade 2 - you should

    Stage 1, grade 2 - you should be all right! 

    Good luck and keep us posted!

    I hope so.... I will 

    I hope so.... I will 

  • CarlosRosado
    CarlosRosado Member Posts: 88 Member
    #6
    stub1969 said:

    Try to relax

    I'm not a betting man, but if I was, I'd put some money on another good scan for you.  

    Stub

    Thanks 

    Thanks 

  • APny
    APny Member Posts: 1,995 Member
    #7
    I'd put some money on that

    I'd put some money on that too. Wishing you great scan results! Totally get the scanxiety. 

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