Judy M2 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I just had a call with my oncologist to go over my April 27 PET scan (long wait I know, but I wasn't worried). "No evidence of recurrence of metastatic disease." NED! We celebrated this amazing achievement. I was expecting stable, not NED. As I've mentioned before, he recently wrote a book about compassion in medicine which will be out this month. I told him that many people who post here and in the FB groups are given a very grim prognosis when first diagnosed and the doctors' delivery is less than kind. He said would be happy to give a FB talk to provide some encouragement and inspiration. He has a lot of experience with virtual platforms. Let me know if there is interest. He's a great cheerleader. Off to celebrate! TJM, SamGirl50, catlady91 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexieCat Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 CONGRATS, Judy!!! That is awesome! So, so happy for you. Nice to get some upbeat news the night before my surgery. I'm sure we'd love to hear from your doctor--he sounds terrific. Judy M2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy M2 Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 Good luck with the surgery! LexieCat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexieCat Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Thanks, I gotta be at the hospital by 5 am. Hopefully everything goes smoothly and I can blow the joint tomorrow. From the description, it sounds like it will feel similar to how I felt after the port implant, which wasn't bad at all. Fingers crossed! hillham, Judy M2, Cin and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rower Michelle Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Hey Judy! Congrats!!! That’s awesome news! What a fantastic surprise. Curious if it was the same radiologist who read the previous scans? I’ve decided almost three years into this that radiologists are a strange breed. One of them reads my scans as NED and the other one will say stable. 🤷🏼♀️ I asked my oncologist about it and he said it depends on where and when they trained. So if the next scan says stable this way you won’t have to worry about it. I’d love to hear from your oncologist on our Friday night Zoom. That would be really cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJM Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Awesome news Judy. You know your in my thoughts Lexie. Judy M2 and LexieCat 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy M2 Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 I don't know yet who the radiologist was. My scan report isn't in the portal yet, but I will check. Michelle, that's a great idea. Let me ask him about availability. He does a lot of media/interviews, especially with the new book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennedy Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Awesome news! Congratulations! Judy M2 and LexieCat 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamGirl50 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Congratulations!! Great news! Judy M2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse L. Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Great news and I hope that it stays that way forever!!😃 Judy M2 and LexieCat 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Galli Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Oh boy Judy is NED! Life is peaches and cream today. 😍 Judy M2, LexieCat and Sandy N 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgetO Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Yay for you and NED! Judy M2 and LexieCat 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AleHondaa Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Congratulations! Judy M2 and LexieCat 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy M2 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 On 5/6/2021 at 3:04 PM, Rower Michelle said: Curious if it was the same radiologist who read the previous scans? @Rower Michelle, I checked and it was a different radiologist this time around. But there was an awful lot of "normal" on the report, so I'm OK with that! TJM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb W Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 So very happy for you, Judy! Judy M2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert A. Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Very happy for you, may we all be able to say this soon. Judy M2 and LexieCat 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUNGevityKristin Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Fantastic news!!!! So happy for you! Judy M2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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