All fingers crossed...

Bill drove me down to the VA hospital this morning for a 10:30 appt. It drizzled all the way and the visibility wasn’t all that great. It’s like that on my visit with the oncologists. She was very good about ot letting me jump to conclusions but at the same time conveying how serious it is. She showed us the combo of the PET/CT scans as if looking up through my body from below. She started at the head and slowly drew the scan down pointing out the little flames of cancer along the way. When we reach the abdomen the entire cavity was aglow. She estimated that the mass was about 20cm. Good news is my distended belly is not because I’m fat. The bad news is it’s because of the cancer. They still do not know the specific type; it is B-cell Lymphoma of the follicular variety but they don’t know if it is aggressive or indolent. That will determine treatment. She did a bone marrow biopsy there and that should help but surgery is not out of the question either. I hope to see her again in a week. All fingers crossed.