Mar 29
Today is the big day. Surgery. Not the mediastinoscopy we were expecting, instead a mediastinotomy. Quick translation: Instead of sticking a scope down my neck into my chest to do the procedure, we’re going to cut a hole in my chest to do the procedure. I’m a little nervous about the surgery today, but I …
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Mar 28
Option WHAT? Once again, expectations and reality do not match on the path to being cancer-free. Today, I went to see the thoracic surgeon, so he could tell me that we need to do a mediastinoscopy so we can get a better look at what is in my chest. Or at least, that was our …
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Mar 23
We found out the biopsy results from the doctor this afternoon. The results were “suspicious for cancer, but not enough for a concrete diagnosis.” This means they will have to look HARDER for the cancer by doing a mediastinoscopy to get MORE of the enlarged lymph node. This procedure is a little more involved than …
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