I recently had my latest PET scan (Friday June 20th) and my oncologist called me last week to give me the the results. He said that the radiologist who read the scan wrote in his report that the findings were "recurrence of lymphoma". This obviously concerned my oncologist but he was skeptical having recently met with me and having seen my progress and strong health. He met with the radiologist and the two doctors went through the images together. When my oncologist ordered the scan, he had tried to give a medical history including lymphoma and crohn's disease. In the relay of that message the crohn's disease portion was omitted. During their meeting my oncologist clearly saw that the positive indications of the PET scan showed inflammation of the terminal ileum, which is the exact site affected by my crohn's disease. With this new information in hand, the radiologist agreed that the results of the scan indicated crohn's inflammation, not a recurrence of lymphoma.
A slight scare, and all because not all the information was properly relayed from one doctor to the other. Rebecca and I spoke to my oncologist in person today, and he assured us that he is absolutely positive there is no recurrence. I trust my oncologist completely.
I will now go back for a CBC in about 6 weeks, and assuming I remain asymptomatic I will not go in for another PET for another 6 months. So sometime around Christmas time I will hopefully repeat this entry with an update of continuing to be cancer free.
Who-hoo!!
