On 8/4/2009 smcminn37 wrote:
As of my last post we have still not staged my Mom's Cancer. After the biopsy and diagnosis we were set up with the Pulmonologist, Oncologist, and Surgeon. We met with the Pulmonologist and discussed some of the findings in the original CT, the two tumors and the other suspicious lesions in the same lung. What they have found is a mass in the heart, this could be fatty tissue or it could be a Myxoma ( a benign primary heart tumor, unrelated). Today she had an ECHO (which determined very little) and on wednesday will go in for a TEE (Transesophegeal Echo) to determine if this is a tumor. Sometime this week she will have the PET and then we meet back with the surgeon and pulmonologist. The oncologist has been put off until Friday since the heart has to be evaluated before any treatments can be discussed.. I guess I am wondering if anyone has had experience with a Myxoma, or any of the other issues. We have not had anyone sit down and talk about this, I imagine that will be the oncologist after the PET results are in. Thank you for any advice or comments.
I don't know about your specifics, but I am encouraged by the quality and quantity of work that is being done to get control of this. It sounds like you have a good medical team. Are you at a cancer center where they have many specialists who should know the latest? It sounds like it.