well, here we go - number 3 post today...i spoke with the radiation oncologist and even she is confused by the looks of the scan...she said my spine with contrast looks like a complete white out - something she hasn't seen before. (oy vey, that's something you don't want to hear from your radiation oncologist)... i asked her about the xgeva injection i had a couple of months ago, wondering if that could have anything to do with the way my spine shows up on the mri...she didn't know...what she did know is that my C2 is growing and i will need some kind of radiation or cyberknife to protect my spinal cord... she didn't think i was in any immediate danger, though...i told her about the headaches, (reluctantly) and she strongly advocated for a brain mri and an mra (to check out the aneurysm). she spoke to a neurologist about it, and he thought it should be looked into...i guess i'll do both...
the thing is, i have so many bone mets, that it wouldn't be a surprise if there were some in my skull and brain...no surprise, but definitely creepy...still, if we're gonna cyberknife the cervical spine, the brain could be done at the same time if need be...geez...i'm remembering that weird claustrophobic mask i had to wear during the time my c4 was radiated in 2006...
i asked her about flying, because a few months ago i booked a short vacation for myself. i signed up for the "world series of poker senior event" which begins next week...i know it's kind of ridiculous (other words may be inserted here) given my gambling history, but...well, there's no real but...i just wanted to play in it and distract myself in that familiar kind of way...she didn't think it would be a problem...i guess in the scheme of things, it's not...
i worry about traveling, but if something happens to me in las vegas, wouldn't that be crazy poetic justice...my mother going into labor with me in a bingo hall, and me dying at a poker table...
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