LefkoeInstitute April 8 2014
Since my post a couple of weeks ago describing how I wasn’t giving meaning to my colon cancer diagnosis, there have been several new developments.
I told you that I was scheduled for surgery to remove the cancer in my colon. I wrote: “I also learned that if the cancer had not spread beyond the lining of the colon and if it was removed surgically, the problem would be totally solved. If it had spread to other organs, then the prognosis could be serious.” (See my earlier post for more details: http://www.mortylefkoe.com/diagnosed-cancer/.)
Well, it appears that the radiologist, who initially read my CT scan and thought the spot on my liver was only a benign cyst, had made a mistake. Another radiologist looked at my CT scan just before my surgery and told my oncologist, Jennifer Lucus, that he was pretty sure the mass on my liver was cancer. Jen immediately cancelled the surgery and called me to let me know. And when I was given the new diagnosis, I continued to have no reaction because I gave that diagnosis no more meaning than my earlier diagnoses.
A liver biopsy was next
To get more information on the “probable” liver cancer, Jen ordered a biopsy of the mass on my liver. They are still doing additional pathology tests, but they are now certain that it is cancer.