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update from the wife -- _mostly_ good news.
PET scan today revealed only one previously unknown hotspot -- a tiny (like 0.1mm) thing on a lymph node in the pelvis. Not actionable at this stage, will be monitored and we now have a baseline and it can't hide and cause problems unexpectedly.
Other than that, a something (tumor/lesion/growth ?) on her thyroid that she's know was there for at least five years, unlikely to be an issue though they're going to investigate more to get a better handle about it.
Otherwise, no nasty surprises were found. So TFN the focus will be on the known nastiness on the already bad leg. Radiation treatment 1 (of 5 planned) was today, 2 is tomorrow.
My own words rang in my ears today. As I said to bhlloy, "a day with good news is a day with great news" and considering how catastrophic today could have been, this was very good news overall.
Miles to go, but maybe it can be a straight shot for a while at least.
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