aLive @ Stage 4!

Well, I blinked.  Just like that, he's 21, and his life is flashing before my eyes.    I remember so vividly the day we confirmed the pregnancy with the doctor.  I was able to get the latest appointment of the day, so neither me nor my husband would have to leave work early. We ended up sitting in that waiting room for three hours before being called back. The doctor has some emergencies to handle, and the waiting room was full. I distinctly remember a young woman, very pregnant, walking constantly around the waiting room, with bedroom slippers on her feet. She look incredibly uncomfortable. I kept hoping that she would be called back soon. Yes, we could have rescheduled and come back another day, but we opted to sit it out and wait. Of course, the test came back positive, and we were over the moon happy. On the way home, I called my mom (because, you know, cell phones were a relatively new thing at that time) and he called his. The next day during luncht...

He reviewed the CT scan, and there are no new nodules.  As he went over it with me, he pointed out that not only does he see no new nodules, he sees no nodules at all .   That is huge for me because when I was diagnosed, there were seven nodules in my left lung.   [happy dance!] In regards to the groundglass opacities n the right lung -- the scan report states "less conspicuous compared to prior" which simply means it's a bit smaller.  What he showed me on the images is that it's moved.  So, in his office visit summary, he says that there is migratory groundglass which means small areas of inflammation.  So, it's a "keep an eye on it" kind of thing. Going forward, he simply wants me to follow up with my ENT as scheduled in October.  He also wants me to call  him after I have my next CT scan so he can review it with me over the phone. On a side note, he was  nice enough to print out my echocardiogram for me.  My previous EF wa...