Results confirmed...

Mike went to the Doctors yesterday and the results are confirmed. Dr. Staddon said (among other things) that without saying he is 100% sure, he is 99.9% sure that the masses growing on Mikes body are in fact his cancer.

Needless to say we had a lot of questions and he was answering them or we weren't leaving. First question...How can you be sure? I preface this by saying when he was looking at the scans he made an oh-so Staddon remark "Who can read these things? It looks like all squiggles to me!". I wasn't laughing and when I glanced at Christine she replied politely "I know I can't!"...then gave the look of disgust. While I read her mind I only could imagine what she was thinking "but you should be able to, you are after all an oncologist, and you've been treating my brother for over 10 years. So do your job and stop trying to make jokes."

Dr. Staddon was in in rare form. We left the office with "best question's of the day's awards". Yeah. Sarcasm has quickly become a life saver for me. I find the more sarcastic I am the more I enjoy this.

Quote of the office visit in reference to "how would they remove Mike's tumor if they needed to?". "Well I wouldn't because I would get sick."

Ahh...on to a glass of wine.

Oh yeah, trial could be approved within a week. I won't hold my breath :)

You are invited to my Pity Party!

Honestly I got away from updating my post because I felt bad for everyone reading such depressing news...but today, even though I still don't have good news, I feel that everyone should be informed of our latest update. I have no idea were to start...but here goes. In the past two months Mike has lost almost 20 pounds and his breathing has become much worse. 4 "masses" (cyst's or tumors)have popped up throughout his body. He has two on his torso, one on his spine and another on his breast. Mike had a Mammogram and Ultrasound of his breast on Thursday 04/07/11. On Thursday we were told by the on-call Doctor at South Jersey Radiology that the mass looked similar to a cyst because it looked to have liquid in it but it also had a few particles. His thought was to have a needle biopsy. I remained hopeful. On Friday I called the oncologist and Mike's doctor told me that it was more then likely Mike's cancer has spread to his breast. They said it so matter of fact I lost all reason completely and didn't ask any questions. They are going to review the scans and report to verify their "over the phone" lax-of course it is-what did you expect diagnosis. Errr. Mike never really believed it was anything other then his cancer. I think he was putting on a good face for me with the hope that it might be a cyst. He is after all...superhuman. I on the other hand opeanly admit my defeat. I didn't take the news so well - it doesn't matter to me if he already had cancer or not. I don't like it. I don't like any of it and I know Mike doesn't either. I will keep you posted with the confirmed diagnosis when we receive one. So, want to attend our Pity Party? "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to..." - Lesley Gore :)