Neck MRI, Muga scan, Dye study results

When I saw my oncologist on May 29th he told me his version of the MRI on my neck. He said that the report said that there was slightly less height in the C3 but no narrowing of the spinal canal. That is good news. There is still shadowing in the C6 so they will keep a watch on that.

My muga results were fine. 68% this time and last time it was 70%. I don't know what the acceptable range is.

Yesterday I had a dye study done on my port. They put me under a special machine that they do angiograms with. They then injected dye into the port and watched as the fluid traveled through the catheter. And guess what. It didn't!! It flows close to the end and then backs up into the small vessels in my front shoulder/chest area. This is a no-no. It means that the chemo is entering little tiny veins in a concentrated form. The chemo would have still circulated through my body but that is probably what made me so sick last time. So they cannot use my port anymore. I will see the port surgeon next Thursday. I believe that the choices are to fix the catheter in this port (it use to go straight down but is now has a 45 degree curve in it) or to remove and replace the whole thing. It is only day surgery but they still need an operating room. I don't know how long this will take. I guess my next Herceptin treatment will be done using an IV in my hand. Yuck!!

Sandy and I had a great a little vacation to Victoria and celebrated our 9th anniversary. It was nice to get away and not be a patient for a couple if days.

Nothing else new. Next week is a bone scan on the 12th, a chest and abdomen CT on the 14th and the port doctor on the 15th. I will not get the results of the scan and CT until I see my oncologist the following Monday. I will post the results as I get them.

Bye for now.

Love Carolin