Without going into the insane details of how one has to FIGHT with doctors, nurses, health care systems, etc., when faced with the health of a loved one, I'll sum the day up in a simple statement followed by a simple summary. I'm too relieved to bash the stupid people in the world right now (Diagnostic Imaging Associates in Delaware)--now you know whom I am referring to.
Doctor's appointment today: NYU Urology Associates with Dr. Stifelman
Purpose: followup appointment to July after a followup abdominal/pelvic CT w/contrast
Outcome: NOT KIDNEY CANCER!!!!!!
The PET-CT scan my mother took in July showed a mass on her right kidney. Given the breast cancer and the liver lesions which turned out to be metastases of the breast cancer led everyone to rightfully assume that the kidney mass was also a metastasis of the breast cancer. Since you cannot biopsy a kidney due to fear of spreading any cancer/disease it may contain, you take the negative position and assume the worse.
Last Monday's CT scan w/contrast did NOT light the kidney mass up like a Christmas tree as it did the other lesions--it showed nothing but a dense mass, indicating a benign cyst!!!!!!!
And that is that when it comes to the kidney worries--mom will have a 6-month CT scan w/contrast to confirm that it is indeed just a cyst and nothing more. One HUGE bullet dodged!
...someday I'll relay the story of DIA and their incompetence, but not tonight, too worn out!
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