It did. Sort of.
However, over the last six weeks I have developed two brand new lesions; one in my left humerus. and one in my left maxillary sinus. My doctors want to handle both of them with surgery, and with radiation to the one in the humerus. Meaning, I have surgery on the arm next Tuesday, and surgery to excise the one in my sinus next Thursday, with radiation scheduled on the 18th. Next week, in other words, is going to be interesting.
At least I won't lose any more hair!
The questions i have here are:
1. How common is it to have lytic lesions grow that fast (no sign of them in the July PET scan) when all my blood work comes in so well, with no, repeat, no M-spike?
2. How well does this sort of thing work, and is radiation after such surgery effective?
I have to report that I really like my new doctor, who is taking over for my present oncologist, who is out on maternity leave. After telling me about the new lesions (like he had to tell me; arm hurts like a [never mind], and my face is all lopsided, not to mention that it's hard to eat when you can't wear your dentures) I asked him exactly how much "trouble" I was in.
He said, and I quote:
"You ain't gonna die of this, and on a scale from one to ten, I'd put you at a six." Then he explained exactly why. No pulling punches, and I believe him when he says "You ain't gonna die from this" (meaning my present difficulties) Mind you, that phrase coming from someone with an foreign accent was interesting.
He and I are going to get along just fine.
