I got the pathology report back on my tumor.
It was 1 cm in size and hadn't breached the soft tissue on the outside of my large intestine.
It had not spread into the blood vessels.
It had not spread into the lymph nodes.
It had not spread into the nervous system.
What this means is, it was detected and removed so early it basically didn't have a chance to go anywhere into the surrounding tissue.
Or into the parts of the body that spread things around.
So I had a meeting with a radiation oncologist yesterday morning.
And looking at my reports, he told me there was no need for radiation because there was nothing TO irradiate.
My General Practitioner told me, after reviewing my files, that he's in agreement with the radiation oncologist's findings.
I'm being sent on over to biological oncology next to see if a specialist feels I need chemo.
But it was the radiation specialist's belief that, based off of what he was seeing, there was probably little need for chemo.
So that's where I am right now.
The radiation oncologist told me that he estimated a "less than 10% chance of recurrence"
But that's. A lot better than it would have been if I'd waited a year or two to get treatment.
waaaay better
as exhausting as this whole saga has been, I'm glad it came to relatively good news
Bret 🍊
2024-05-17T20:34:37.000Z
PHEW that is all extremely good news
I STILL GOTTA GET THE MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST TO SIGN OFF
They could swoop in and go "hey buddy let's do some chemo for fun"
Please, I hope they do not.
ohhh that is wonderful news
even if the final doc does say yes chemo, this is a great outcome. i'm glad you caught it early enough that it hadn't spread one bit
Yes. The pathology report is basically the best possible outcome you could hope for.
With it still being, you know, cancer.
Bret 🍊
2024-05-17T20:46:21.000Z
nods deeply
This is such good news considering this entire ordeal...
oh man, this is very good news and I'm happy for you!
Let's hope for continued "you're good " moving forward.
Oh my god this is SUCH good news, I'm so happy for you <3
See if you qualify for genetics
uzione: Yes. both my paternal grandfather and my paternal uncle died at age 39, before they had a chance to develop any cancers. so there's a hole on my dad's side of the family in terms of genetic cancer. and I do have a cousin on my dad's side with breast cancer in her 50s.
that is the one thing I would want to push for.
It's immensely helpful in helping determine outcomes and preductability
All in all sounds good news
Heyyyyy, this is good news!!
I'm so glad to hear all of this
omg I am so glad to hear this, thank God