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Bmoboy

(407 posts) Sun Sep 29, 2024, 08:35 AM Sep 29

Going on the next adventure

My wife is having a wedge lung resection to get biopsy material for suspected thyroid cancer metastasis on Tuesday.

Monday we travel to NÝC to Memorial Sloan Kettering. The plan is to return home on Saturday, all things being possible.

It will be a test of us at age 73.

I am entering my hyper-focussed zone to deal with all the unknowns and my wife is making lists.

Here we go.

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Going on the next adventure (Original Post) Bmoboy Sep 29 OP

I sure hope your wife's biopsy brings better news than you must fear. femmedem Sep 29 #1

Positive thoughts XanaDUer2 Sep 29 #2

Well, I wouldn't blame you for being terrified. Good luck on all of it.! Walleye Sep 29 #3

Traveling for medical tests is not fun. mercuryblues Sep 29 #4

I hope the results are good. Good luck to you and your wife. LoisB Sep 29 #5

That was exhausting Bmoboy Oct 2 #6

What a long time to wait. And what an awful start to the ordeal. femmedem Oct 3 #7

First results Bmoboy Oct 21 #8

femmedem

(8,444 posts)

1. I sure hope your wife's biopsy brings better news than you must fear.

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Sun Sep 29, 2024, 08:42 AM

Sep 29

I know that your mutual love and support will make this next week easier to bear.

XanaDUer2

(13,829 posts)

2. Positive thoughts

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Sun Sep 29, 2024, 08:58 AM

Sep 29

Walleye

(35,655 posts)

3. Well, I wouldn't blame you for being terrified. Good luck on all of it.!

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Sun Sep 29, 2024, 09:00 AM

Sep 29

mercuryblues

(15,099 posts)

4. Traveling for medical tests is not fun.

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Sun Sep 29, 2024, 09:04 AM

Sep 29

I hope your wife gets better soon.

If you are looking for some reflection, Strawberry fields in Central Park is free. It is a place for contemplation and peace.

LoisB

(8,639 posts)

5. I hope the results are good. Good luck to you and your wife.

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Sun Sep 29, 2024, 10:18 AM

Sep 29

Bmoboy

(407 posts)

6. That was exhausting

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Wed Oct 2, 2024, 04:44 PM

Oct 2

6 hour drive to NYC, surgery done Tuesday, discharged today at 2 pm, flaked out in hotel now.

Won't get biopsy results for a month. Follow up, stitch removal in 2 weeks.

Half the elevators in hospital were out, so everything took longer. My wife was told not to drink or wash with the water in the hospital. As we were waiting for the last minute paperwork before discharge we were told the water had tested positive for Legionnaire's.

Modern medicine. You pays your money and you takes your chances.

femmedem

(8,444 posts)

7. What a long time to wait. And what an awful start to the ordeal.

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Thu Oct 3, 2024, 02:55 PM

Oct 3

I sure hope it gets easier from here on in.

Bmoboy

(407 posts)

8. First results

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Mon Oct 21, 2024, 08:51 AM

Oct 21

Biopsy shows NO lung cancer, "just" thyroid cancer.
The next results in a month - genetic breakdown to figure out specific treatment plan.

Stitches out, chest X ray ok.

My wife is still tired and a little sore, but news has been so far, so good.

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