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Hoping for the best CITH

Hopefully it's just a spur-like growth, but the equivalent of 1.6 inches is pretty big.

A good friend has just died from cancer in his one kidney that he had left.. It was sudden and unexpected. The doctors are in shock at how fast he went.

Sorry to hear RC. Prayers go out to your buddy's family.

Fuck Cancer.

Yeah, I hope the family had made their peace.

Sorry for your loss RC.

Catintheheat wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:06 pm My old car died, and it needs a new engine. I am in the process of buying a new car but have to wait for my Subaru Legacy to arrive. In the meantime my knee became injured and I have to walk in pain. When they took the x-ray they found calcification of the knee and a 4 cm bone growth and liquid buildup in my knee. They are concerned that I may have osteosarcoma and will have an MRI in a few weeks to learn more. Meanwhile I have to walk to get picked up for work. And my job entails a lot of walking. I have to work in pain for now.

Agree with Dean. Sarcoma left unchecked is truly awful. So I’m very glad something happened to call attention to it (maybe).

Fingers crossed it’s not Sarcoma and you’re on the road to recovery from just a knee injury.

Sorry for your loss RC.

I'm so sorry for your loss RC.

I just received the results from my MRI on my knee. No cancer. Thank goodness! Just a PCL strain and probable slight MCL tear. I have edema (fluid buildup) around the patella. And minor bursitis.

Conclusion: I'm getting old.

Catintheheat wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:12 am I just received the results from my MRI on my knee. No cancer. Thank goodness! Just a PCL strain and probable slight MCL tear. I have edema (fluid buildup) around the patella. And minor bursitis.

Conclusion: I'm getting old.

Great news! Welcome to the club CITH

Great news and best win of the year!

Catintheheat wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:12 am I just received the results from my MRI on my knee. No cancer. Thank goodness! Just a PCL strain and probable slight MCL tear. I have edema (fluid buildup) around the patella. And minor bursitis.

Conclusion: I'm getting old.

FUCK YEAH!!!! Whew!! Have a drink and hit the showers. Life in the NBA goes on. Well done!

Catintheheat wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:12 am I just received the results from my MRI on my knee. No cancer. Thank goodness! Just a PCL strain and probable slight MCL tear. I have edema (fluid buildup) around the patella. And minor bursitis.

Conclusion: I'm getting old.

Great news Cat! Hopefully, the Cats can give you a celebration beat down of the Ducks tomorrow night.

(and yeah, it sucks getting old)

The wife had an MRI Monday for a sinus issue. Found a small mass in her brain. Set her up with an emergency CT Wed. Waiting for results with much trepidation...

Hang in there and wait for the numbers, but ......fuck, that sucks. Pulling for ya both.

That sucks boss.

Pulling for your wife UAdevil. Having to wait sucks whenever there's something potentially serious like that.

I know about waiting. I am sorry you have to go through this. I pray the results are good.

How scary, definitely keep her in my thoughts.

Fortunately she had that sinus issue, otherwise it may not have been found until too late.

Praying for good news UADevil.

Whew. Lucked out. "Mass" was an artifact from metal dental hardware. Doc says sorry to panic you, but you're good. Huge relief.

Awesome news!

That is great news.

Sometimes the good guys win!

Hell yeah! great, great news.

UAdevil wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:22 am Whew. Lucked out. "Mass" was an artifact from metal dental hardware. Doc says sorry to panic you, but you're good. Huge relief.

Great to hear boss.

New thread topic: "Things doctors leave in patients"

azgreg wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:35 pm

UAdevil wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:22 am Whew. Lucked out. "Mass" was an artifact from metal dental hardware. Doc says sorry to panic you, but you're good. Huge relief.

Great to hear boss.

New thread topic: "Things doctors leave in patients"

I think his wife has metal dental work that caused an image artifact to be caused in the CT scan that looked like a mass.

I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV so I will wait for UAdevil to confirm.

azgreg wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:35 pm

UAdevil wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:22 am Whew. Lucked out. "Mass" was an artifact from metal dental hardware. Doc says sorry to panic you, but you're good. Huge relief.

Great to hear boss.

New thread topic: "Things doctors leave in patients"

Who's gonna turn down a Junior Mint? It's chocolate, it's peppermint, it's delicious. It's very refreshing!

Some good news right now. Results from my last endoscopy just released and the new polyp found was just a polyp, no tumor. The old site, where he wasnt sure he got it all the first time, also came back as negative for any cancer cells. So for the time being, I'm classified as no evidence of disease. Can't technically be "cancer free" with neuroendocrine tumors for what feels like a decade, but still a relief. Was getting pretty surreal for a bit.

Great news Bug!

Great to hear Bug.

Fantastic news Bug!

Yeeeahh Bug. Thanks for the update.

One of my Phoenix area college buddies, whose brother in-law is among my best friends, was diagnosed with cancer right before Christmas. Squamous Cell Carcinoma - cancer of the skin's top layer. Unfortunately it's Stage 4, far enough along for his right femoral head (ball in hip joint) to be severely eroded. Hip replacement surgery was scheduled right away and completed successfully, though periodic use of a wheelchair is needed. Post-surgery he is now undergoing chemotherapy.

It's all happening so fast and I feel terrible for him and how devastated this has been for his family. He's only 34 with a wife and three young children including a 3 month old. No one saw this coming, and looking back, there aren't any apparent clues anything was off. A very active, outdoorsy person until hip surgery.

34. What a blow.

Why do bad things happen to good people? Never did get a good answer for that.

Got some good news yesterday: my new Urologist saw a tumor in my bladder so I had (probably) my 20-somethingth resection at St. Mary's hospital. But the pathology report said it was just some scar tissue left over on the battlefield. So I'm into headed toward 7 years without recurrence. Wahoo. Now I'll get hit by a bus going to lunch.

Merkin wrote: Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:49 pm Why do bad things happen to good people? Never did get a good answer for that.

Because shit happens!

CatsbyAZ wrote: Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:20 pm One of my Phoenix area college buddies, whose brother in-law is among my best friends, was diagnosed with cancer right before Christmas. Squamous Cell Carcinoma - cancer of the skin's top layer. Unfortunately it's Stage 4, far enough along for his right femoral head (ball in hip joint) to be severely eroded...

Also a major bit of good news - after hearing no updates from my Phoenix college buddy for almost six weeks, I got on the phone with him last Friday: After successes with Chemotherapy/Immunotherapy overseen at Arizona's unique Cancer Treatment Centers of America facility, his brother-in-law's Stage 4 cancer is official in REMISSION. So much so that he's returning to work this next month.

He is still living a number of limitations and under routine medical care, but to go from a Stage 4 diagnosis with low livability beyond one year to returning to work with a good outlook ahead is about the best outcome anyone, including his entire church, could've hoped and prayed for!

Wow, stage 4 to remission. That's seriously amazing.

One of my best friends just called to tell me he has cancer. Fuck this disease!

Sorry to hear. His family ..... oh man.

dovecanyoncat wrote: Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:44 am Sorry to hear. His family ..... oh man.

Thanks Dove! He never had kids so it's just him & his wife. They're just trying to figure it all out

84Cat wrote: Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:22 am One of my best friends just called to tell me he has cancer. Fuck this disease!

How awful for you to hear, and how horrible for him to have to tell you. I’m so sorry for you both.

That really sucks 84. Prayers go out to him and his family.

I hate Cancer more than ASSU. And I REALLY hate ASSU...

Fuck cancer.