On Mar 22, 2013 3:15 PM miamutt wrote:
yes it helps and thank you
i am at evanston hopsital kellogg cancer center, northshore university. it is a teaching hospital
found out stage IIIA asked and waiting for answer what does A stand for
also adenomacarcinoma (sp) asked if fast growing or...
said could be, some not
k, pissing me off.. want to know about me not someone else, is mine?
he wants to talk to me in person but....i am impatient and i'll try to get my answer
ct with contrast of chest, how come they don't do head with it. i understand that if the cancer spreads it usually spreads to the head. true?
I never asked what the "A" or "B" meant. I suppose I just guessed it meant just a sub-type stage, you know, A not being as severe as B. That's all I thought it meant.
I don't know if they know if it is fast growing or not unless they watch and monitor you. I could be wrong about that though. You are asking some good questions. The gene mutation may also determine whether it can be fast moving or not. I do know they say BAC is a slow growing cancer. But hell, who cares, any growing cancer is not okay with me.
So I'm thinking your oncologist should have told you all of this before you even started chemo or radiation. Mine didn't tell me what type of mutation (KRAS) I had until I asked. Once you find out your mutation, then you can google that one. And, I'm not sure it always travels to the brain first. I believe it may hit other organs first, and the last one it hits may be the brain. Don't count that as a true fact either, but it's something you can pose to your oncologist too. But I pretty much believe that is why they don't ct your head all the time. They will see all of your organs with the ct scans. If they find it there, that is when they'll do the head, whether it be a ct, pet, or mri that is probably when they'd do it.
I understand your impatience in wanting to know everything right now. I was that way from the very beginning. I found things out I probably didn't need to. lol Like I watched a real operation of a lobectomy. ewe - it wasn't as bad as the little movie I watched. I actually used to have my questions pretty detailed for my doctor because I did so much research. Like I actually went in there and asked, "so what mutation on I, EGFR, ALK, KRAS, or one of those newer ones they just found in the past year?" lol So, my oncologist was impressed, and also believe knowledge is power. I've got a good relationship with him, and I'm glad.
Boy, I sure can chat can't I? You take care, you're doing fine, and you are going to make it through this!!!
Byrd