Some bad news
The neck xrays looked suspicious. The CT scan confirmed that the cancer has shown up in the neck bones. The third vertabrae from the top has dissolved. The sixth from the top has a spot on it. The reason for my extended sore neck is now clear.
They are taking it very seriously. I'm in a neck brace and not allowed to move AT ALL. No food or water (choking hazards). I'm checked into the Foothills Hospital and may be there awhile. Saturday morning they will do an MRI to determine how many vertabrae have cancer. They need to know because when they put a plate in my neck to stabilize it they want to bolt onto strong bones, not ones that are going to dissolve. There is also talk of radiation therapy before the neck stabilization which would greatly extend my hospital stay because despite my running around for 5 weeks like a regular person, one bad bump can turn me into a quadrapeligic. (Guess that shows I wasn't really pushing it at those body pump classes).
We talk to another neck doctor tomorrow. Stay tuned.
They are taking it very seriously. I'm in a neck brace and not allowed to move AT ALL. No food or water (choking hazards). I'm checked into the Foothills Hospital and may be there awhile. Saturday morning they will do an MRI to determine how many vertabrae have cancer. They need to know because when they put a plate in my neck to stabilize it they want to bolt onto strong bones, not ones that are going to dissolve. There is also talk of radiation therapy before the neck stabilization which would greatly extend my hospital stay because despite my running around for 5 weeks like a regular person, one bad bump can turn me into a quadrapeligic. (Guess that shows I wasn't really pushing it at those body pump classes).
We talk to another neck doctor tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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