I realize it is immensely rude of me to leave everyone hanging all this time, so here's a wrap-up for you.
In honor of my one-year anniversary of diagnosis, I had a follow-up ultrasound in August. When they did the biopsy in July 2013, they placed a tiny titanium clip to mark the spot of the cancer. Well, I was disappointed to find out that the clip shows up only on mammogram -- not on ultrasound. But we knew precisely where the tumor had been, so the technician went looking for anything suspicious. Over an hour later, she called it quits.
The radiologist came in and said he'd like me to get an MRI, and the sales lady came in and wanted to set up an oncology consult. I explained my thinking that if the cancer had grown like they said it would "without treatment", they would've been able to see it on ultrasound; therefore, an MRI would be an unnecessary $1,800 expense. And setting up an oncology consult? For what, a cancer they can't find? Pfffft.
So I'm done. The cancer's gone, and if at some point it comes back -- even in another form -- I'll know how to tackle it. Until then, I'm movin' on.
If you have any questions, you're welcome to leave them in the comments below. This will be my last post unless something changes or some new information comes across my radar. Here's hoping your 2015 will be as grand as mine is going to be! :-)
So glad you are free! Now you just need to take a vacation to Ellensburg, WA and come see me! :-)
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