howdy ALL,
went to stanford last monday. got my staples out. it hurt when the medical assistant took out the staples. ouch! docmo wasn't there so the resident told me to call back that wednesday to see what docmo wants to do in terms of treatment. i get a hold of the medical assistant a few days later and she tells me that docmo wants the wound and leg to heal as much as possible before they suggest any further treatment. so, gotta wait 6 weeks before i get any word of further treatment, but, from what i gathered from the nurse practitioner and the resident, i will only need to go through radiation treatment (if at all) and general surveillance.
so, i went to the physical therapist last friday and i wasn't expecting him to do any therapy that first visit. however, he got right to it after he told me to get on the bed thingy. MAN! physical therapy = HURT . i was wincing in pain as he stretched my leg to positions that they couldn't stretch too. they should call it "physical pain-now therapy-in-the-long-run".
anyways, as the physical therapist was checking out my left leg, he then felt my right leg to compare the muscles. he was feeling around the muscles in my right leg and then he stopped in the inner thigh area. he kept on poking at this specific area and it started hurting cuz he kept on poking at it. well, it turns out that it's lump #2 (i guess my right leg got jealous  ) this one is the size of a walnut (maybe little less). i don't know how long it's been there and this one is different cuz it kinda hurts when it's poked versus the tumor on my left leg where it didn't hurt at all.
after the physical therapy session, we head right on over to the general practitioner that we've been seeing for an unscheduled visit. so, at like 4:45pm (this past friday), i go to see this doc. by my request, he first examines the "spermatic cord abnormality" (ie. lump in left area of my groin) and he says it's an inflamed lymph node (which he thinks is normal considering i had a cancerous tumor in my left leg - so, up to today, 2 docs think it's a lymph node and 2 docs dunno... oh man!). he then feels the newly found lump in my right leg and after a few seconds, he says that i should see an oncologist as soon as possible (not only cuz it's a lump but also given that i had a tumor in my left leg already).
so, it's round 2 of, "what's this lump in my leg ". could be malignant but it also could be benign. we don't know yet.
i called yesterday and requested to see docmo for another consultation and the earliest they have an opening is march 22nd. i'm also currently on the waiting list for any cancelled appointments. i asked the general practitioner to fax over an urgent request to docmo's office to see if they can squeeze me in sooner. i'm also waiting on getting an MRI done for my right leg and possibly the smaller lump in the groin area (if the general practitioner thinks it wise to get a test done there too to see if it is in fact a lymph node and not another tumor).
i think it's good that the past test results showed that my chest, abdomen, pelvic area, and bones were observed to be free of metastases so that's a good thing to remember. so, hopefully the this lump is isolated in the right leg area. my brain might have a few lumps (which might explain my quirkiness). haha....
kinda is poo-poo ( ) that i have to possibly go through another round of this stuff but, oh well, Papa has been good thus far and i know He will be no matter what.
if the lump is diagnosed as a malignant tumor, then i will most likely move back home to orange county to be with my mom and brother and to get treatment at a hospital down in southern california.
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lessons learned
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- reminded that my physical body is weak and i am not completely immune to disease/viruses
- that God has saved me from something even more dire, that is, eternal death. and this through faith in His son, Jesus Christ.
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prayer requests
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- that whatever happens in this cancer fight and other circumstances, i will still be able to rejoice in God because he is good
- that i may be able to love others to the end (whenever that is... hopefully ~40+ years later)
with love
dennis  |
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