Thursday, August 06, 2015

My radiology oncologist is the best...

The same day the I went to have an MRI on my spine, I had an appointment with my radiology oncologist. He's really cool. I wasn't sure how to take him initially, and he was a little difficult to understand. Eventually, I had to start meeting with him on a regular basis because I underwent radiation. During one meeting I expressed to him that I was nervous about the cancer returning (I don't feel like this for the most part but the thought sometimes sneaks its way into my head). He was great at reassuring me. Although the stats that my oncologist gave me are true, he pointed out that those stats include everyone that is triple negative. There is no discrepancy for age, size of the cancer, grade of the cancer, etc. That already started to make me feel better. He also told me that my surgeon did a great job getting all the cancer and that my margins were really good. The fact that only four lymph nodes had cancer was a great thing. My radiology oncologist pointed out to me that that was only 20% of my lymph nodes with cancer.  'Kay, I like hearing this too. Then he started to talk about radiation being like an insurance policy. Chemo was done and it zapped any other cancer that may have been in my body. The surgery removed all the cancer that we knew I had. Radiation is there just to make sure. I loved what my doctor was saying to me. Well, on the day that I went into see him right after I had had my back MRI, I wasn't in the best shape. All I could think about was the 'what if'. Again, my doctor was so great about reassuring me. The whole glass is half full not half empty and he reminded e that when all the tests were done on me back in November, I had no cancer anywhere else. He also reminded me of what we had discussed the previous week. Hearing all this helped but he could definitely tell that I was still a bag of nerves. A couple of hours later, I got a phone call from him. He personally called the hospital that had done my MRI and got the results, and then called me. He told me to have a great weekend because the test proved negative for cancer. It only showed a pinched nerve. He knew I had anxieties about the test and called a different hospital to get the results right away just to put my mind at ease. What an amazing doctor! He's someone that just get it...

5 comments:

  1. I can't imagine how scary it was waiting for the results. At least now you have an answer for why you have pain. That doctor is a keeper for sure! Having read through every post through your journey, thanks for keeping us posted on this continuing quest (for health). Your good news continues to make me smile. Rock on girl!

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  5. Opps, I didn't mean to post that so many times. I hope you're doing okay...Thinking about you! Stay strong. xo

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