the bad news always seems to come on a Wednesday
On Monday I took Alice to see Dr. Key since none of the swelling in her lymph node in her neck has gone down. She aspirated it and sent off a sample for testing. I got the call yesterday. The cancer is most defintely back. In addition to the swelling there is a mass growing under her jaw. Since the cancer is in her lymph node it is spreading through her body which means that she is not a candidate for surgery, there would be no point. Right now there is not much to do but wait and wait and wait. Down the road we may try medication that sometimes can shrink the tumor. But if she has squamous cell carcinoma again it won't work. I have no way of knowing how long she has left to live. She's not in pain and still has a huge appetite and seems to be fine. Hopefully she will continue like this for a long while and the cancer will be slow moving. I'm dreading the day that she starts taking a turn for the worse. So much has happened in the last 3 months. I hope she has much longer than that left. Anyway, time will tell. And until then every day is to be enjoyed to the fullest. She will be spoiled rotten and loved like crazy.
the bad news always seems to come on a Wednesday
On Monday I took Alice to see Dr. Key since none of the swelling in her lymph node in her neck has gone down. She aspirated it and sent off a sample for testing. I got the call yesterday. The cancer is most defintely back. In addition to the swelling there is a mass growing under her jaw. Since the cancer is in her lymph node it is spreading through her body which means that she is not a candidate for surgery, there would be no point. Right now there is not much to do but wait and wait and wait. Down the road we may try medication that sometimes can shrink the tumor. But if she has squamous cell carcinoma again it won't work. I have no way of knowing how long she has left to live. She's not in pain and still has a huge appetite and seems to be fine. Hopefully she will continue like this for a long while and the cancer will be slow moving. I'm dreading the day that she starts taking a turn for the worse. So much has happened in the last 3 months. I hope she has much longer than that left. Anyway, time will tell. And until then every day is to be enjoyed to the fullest. She will be spoiled rotten and loved like crazy.