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Why cancers possess a wanderlust, spreading from one site to another, has been one of the most confounding questions in medicine, and now New York scientists have unmasked the role of infinitesimal "scouts," cells and proteins that coalesce to seek out fertile ground for a tumor's spread. The finding turns a corner in the history of cancer research, experts say, … [Read more...] about Cancer Metastasis

Wednesday was the PET scan and yesterday was the biopsy. THe PET scan was a piece of cake, the biopsy was an all day affair. I want to know why: a doctors office will send you for an appointment, and they don't bother telling you any specifics. Like, you ask: How long will I be at the hospital? They say: no more than a couple of hours. Doctors office tells you not to … [Read more...] about Doctor Appointments

We went to the oncologist today. Mom does have lung cancer. Exactly what kind; I don't know. Why does this stuff take so long? Anyway, the oncologist didn't say anything that we didn't already know. He did say that Moms tumor is unusual in that it's shape is almost perfectly round. He said that this is indicative that the cancer started somewhere else in her body, that … [Read more...] about Visit to the Oncologist

Big bro called today. He talked to Moms doctor a couple of days ago and apparently the doctor thinks her condition isn't good, and that her prognosis will not be good. Depending on specifics - which we don't know, should she have cancer, and depending on what kind it is, if she has to have surgery, whether a biopsy or to remove part of her lung or her whole lung, chances … [Read more...] about Cancer

I took Mom to the doctor today for her annual checkup. I think, for the first time ever in the history of my moms life, the doctor may have found something serious. There is a mass on my mothers lower right lung, about the size of an orange. Her last chest xray, taken 2 years ago, shows no such thing. While Mom doesn't seem to be upset, hell she seemed almost happy! for … [Read more...] about Dark Day Today – Lung Issues