So, about 4 weeks ago, Kris turns to me and says something about a lump in her neck. Her attitude was such that I spoke up about the lump in my knee (which has since been surgically removed and biopsied, nothing but a bone spur). We bot laughed and passed it off as nothing.
About 3 weeks ago Kris has me feel the lump in her neck. It felt like a grain of rice under the skin and was positioned to the left side and a bit low on the neck, an inch or two above the collar bone and left of the carotid artery. To me I thought it felt like a cyst but told her to make an appointment with the oncologist just to be sure. She wasn't sure we needed to see the oncologist especially since she had an appointment in the not too distant future anyway.
About a week later I was talking with Linda on the phone and between us we convinced Kris to get an appointment to get it checked out. So, the following week she kept trying to get to talk with someone at the oncologists office and kept getting delayed. Finally she got an appointment for the 13th of July in the afternoon. Dr. Moran said that the lump was in line with the Lymphatic system and, given her history, it needed to be checked out. He set up an appointment for a pet scan and asked her to see the surgeon to have a biopsy.
She had a pet scan Wednesday the 15th and set up an appointment with the Dr. Jones (surgeon) for the 20th.
Dr. Jones said that the pet scan showed two spots. The one we knew about in her neck and another just below the collar bone and in line with the first. There is a third spot in the area of the breast reconstruction but he's not worried about that. He said that we could do a needle biopsy but, that would be inconclusive. We opted for the biopsy to be done on Wednesday the 22nd and we have another appointment with Dr. Moran for Friday the 24th.
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