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  • crazylady
    crazylady Member Posts: 543 Member
    #22
    Hi Ross,
    I'm so sorry that you had a sleepless night. I can relate as I didn't sleep well either last night. The whole thing really sucks! By now you've had your scan and are probably waiting for results as am I. I hope that you are able to sleep better tonight and that your tests results are great. We all have to stick together and try not to let test anxiety get the better of us! I know that I make myself nuts over it and the truth is that I have no control over the outcome. If only my mind would believe that!
    I"m sending you positive energy!
    Jamie
  • goldfinch
    goldfinch Member Posts: 735
    #23
    Ross,
    I didn't get to respond til way too late. So sorry for your sleepless night. By now the tests are done for you. Hope you won't have long to wait for the results. Sending positive vibes your way.
    Mary
  • kangatoo
    kangatoo Member Posts: 2,105 Member
    #24
    goldfinch said:

    Ross,
    I didn't get to respond til way too late. So sorry for your sleepless night. By now the tests are done for you. Hope you won't have long to wait for the results. Sending positive vibes your way.
    Mary

    Hi dear friends. I have to wait 5 days for complete results but my radiologist told me today she did not see anything that would be a worry to her or me. She is not supposed to tell me there and then, I am supposed to await the secalists report. I need to explain also. Firstly, the scans I have 3 monthly are ultrasounds. Over here in oz they don't get much into CT's unless they see something on the scans. I have been concerned about that because the young lady that does my scans each time used to do CT's before she made ultrasounds a specialty. I had a good discussion with her today and she told me that basically the CT's are more expensive although mostly more accurate. The good part about these ultrasound scans is she(Julie-Anne) tells me she is very thorough and knows what to look for, however there is a limit to the ability of the ulltrasound to pick up small tumours under 1 centimetre. She told me that she concentrates very hard on all abdominal organs and tries very hard to get the best pictures(they take still pics. to look at later) She looks at kidneys, spleen, pancreas etc etc but she spends heaps of time on the liver. Today she sat me up so I could see her sounding my liver and she explained all the things she could see...blood vessels, gall bladder etc.
    I am thankfull that I am able to have her each time..she is a lovely person and very sympathetic to my concerns. I went straight to Jen's work afterwards and got a little teary telling her that Julie-Anne had said things looked ok to her. It is pretty hard to control emotions as you are all aware. Jen got pretty teary too!
    So it is looking good so far.....here's hoping Julie-Anne was right.....by next friday I should know.
    Thank you for all your love dear friends...last night was one of the worst, for whatever reason, that I had.
    Last night I lost it.....but thankfully all of you understand and have strong shoulders. I can never repay that. Love to you all...and I REALLY mean that!,Ross and Jen
  • jana11
    jana11 Member Posts: 705
    #25
    kangatoo said:

    Hi dear friends. I have to wait 5 days for complete results but my radiologist told me today she did not see anything that would be a worry to her or me. She is not supposed to tell me there and then, I am supposed to await the secalists report. I need to explain also. Firstly, the scans I have 3 monthly are ultrasounds. Over here in oz they don't get much into CT's unless they see something on the scans. I have been concerned about that because the young lady that does my scans each time used to do CT's before she made ultrasounds a specialty. I had a good discussion with her today and she told me that basically the CT's are more expensive although mostly more accurate. The good part about these ultrasound scans is she(Julie-Anne) tells me she is very thorough and knows what to look for, however there is a limit to the ability of the ulltrasound to pick up small tumours under 1 centimetre. She told me that she concentrates very hard on all abdominal organs and tries very hard to get the best pictures(they take still pics. to look at later) She looks at kidneys, spleen, pancreas etc etc but she spends heaps of time on the liver. Today she sat me up so I could see her sounding my liver and she explained all the things she could see...blood vessels, gall bladder etc.
    I am thankfull that I am able to have her each time..she is a lovely person and very sympathetic to my concerns. I went straight to Jen's work afterwards and got a little teary telling her that Julie-Anne had said things looked ok to her. It is pretty hard to control emotions as you are all aware. Jen got pretty teary too!
    So it is looking good so far.....here's hoping Julie-Anne was right.....by next friday I should know.
    Thank you for all your love dear friends...last night was one of the worst, for whatever reason, that I had.
    Last night I lost it.....but thankfully all of you understand and have strong shoulders. I can never repay that. Love to you all...and I REALLY mean that!,Ross and Jen

    My friend, sounds like it is all good!! We all get scared and strange around scan time. Our fragility shines through... but it is that same fragility that allows us to embrace the life we do have.

    My aunt, breast cancer survivor, told me certain days she feels lucky to have lived through cancer. Now she absorbs life on a different level. I can see what she means.

    Doesn't mean I am glad I got the beast... but the good side comes out.

    Sleep well, and know how much we care for you. And someone is always awake to listen. jana

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