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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #616 on: July 01, 2025, 08:50:34 PM »
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #617 on: July 02, 2025, 01:53:17 PM »
I have a cancerous tumor. 

Damn.  

So why's this in the happy thread, you ask?  Because it's a small tumor (that's good) and although this might all change pending the outcome my appointments with urology and oncology, it does not appear to have spread anywhere yet, it should be taken care of with a surgery, and I probably won't have to do chemo or anything like that.  And I'm happy because it was so unlikely to have found this at all.  What happened was, I noticed some bumps under my arms, got them checked by my Doc, which were prominent lymph nodes.  She ordered a chest CT to rule out causes, and the chest CT just happened to show the edge of the kidney, and the radiologist got enough info from that to recommend more tests done on the kidney specifically, which is how this was found.  I asked if it's possible the lymph nodes were swollen due to the cancer, my wife says no, it's just a happy accident that lead to more tests and clued us in before this got any worse.  Again, the doctors will tell us more, but she thinks it's likely most of the kidney will be preserved and though it won't function at 100% after a piece is cut out, it can still function highly.  

I consider this remarkably good fortune, given the circumstances.  

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« Reply #618 on: July 02, 2025, 02:01:38 PM »
luck is a GREAT thing, and not all doctors are bad
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« Reply #619 on: July 02, 2025, 02:10:55 PM »
That is good, considering.

What was the cause of the swollen lymph nodes?
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« Reply #620 on: July 02, 2025, 02:25:46 PM »
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #621 on: July 02, 2025, 02:26:57 PM »
That is a good news story, net.  Is the small tumor cancerous?  You have the whole group pulling for you obviously.
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« Reply #622 on: July 02, 2025, 02:28:42 PM »
Prayers for you MDT, beat the hell outta this.
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #623 on: July 02, 2025, 02:32:09 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 02, 2025, 02:10:55 PM
That is good, considering.

What was the cause of the swollen lymph nodes?

Never figured that one out.  Wife says it's just considered a quirk of my physiology, even though they weren't always like this.  iirc, they usually would enlarge temporarily if you've been injured or have an infection of some sort.  Those did not apply to me.  So the doc ordered the chest CT, and I can't for the life of me remember what she was looking for there, but it was a less likely cause (or causes) for swollen lymph nodes.  That didn't give a reason either.  So at this point the doc says it's "just one of those things."  It made sense to me that maybe the tumor thingy caused it, but the wife says given all the other relevant background data, probably not.  
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #624 on: July 02, 2025, 02:38:26 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 02, 2025, 02:26:57 PM
That is a good news story, net.  Is the small tumor cancerous?  You have the whole group pulling for you obviously.

Yes, but the imaging suggests it has not spread anywhere and it is likely correctable by cutting out the cancerous piece.  That's preliminary, of course, by which I mean it's my wife's best guess and not something the doctors have told me yet.  But my bloodwork has been good and I'm not symptomatic, so those are all good things.  I'll probably have to do an annual or bi-annual workup for a while, monitored by oncology.  My sense is the worst of this is that it means a bunch more dr. appts. than I'd rather deal with, but I'll take it over chemo, or worse.  
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #625 on: July 02, 2025, 02:40:55 PM »
Best of luck Mike.  Kick it's ass ! 
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #626 on: July 02, 2025, 02:46:50 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on July 02, 2025, 01:53:17 PM
I have a cancerous tumor.

Damn. 

So why's this in the happy thread, you ask?  Because it's a small tumor (that's good) and although this might all change pending the outcome my appointments with urology and oncology, it does not appear to have spread anywhere yet, it should be taken care of with a surgery, and I probably won't have to do chemo or anything like that.  And I'm happy because it was so unlikely to have found this at all.  What happened was, I noticed some bumps under my arms, got them checked by my Doc, which were prominent lymph nodes.  She ordered a chest CT to rule out causes, and the chest CT just happened to show the edge of the kidney, and the radiologist got enough info from that to recommend more tests done on the kidney specifically, which is how this was found.  I asked if it's possible the lymph nodes were swollen due to the cancer, my wife says no, it's just a happy accident that lead to more tests and clued us in before this got any worse.  Again, the doctors will tell us more, but she thinks it's likely most of the kidney will be preserved and though it won't function at 100% after a piece is cut out, it can still function highly. 

I consider this remarkably good fortune, given the circumstances. 
See, I told you to get it checked out! Always better to find this stuff early than late. You're welcome :57:

Seriously, though... As much as this sucks, the word "cancer" isn't the same thing it was for any of us 30+ years ago. So hopefully they can knock it out and you'll be good as new once they do. 
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #627 on: July 02, 2025, 03:10:02 PM »
Cancer is a swear word.

F**k it!
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