July 7, 2006 -- the rest of the story

The doctor called this afternoon to let mom know about the results of this morning's CAT scan. No sign of any cancerous anything, it seems like that question's been pretty thoroughly put to rest. However, also no sizeable false cyst; what's happening right now is only that her body is creating lots of small ones, some of them even behind the pancreas (which is pushing it forward). Mom says if there was anything bigger there yesterday when he palpated her abdomen, it's broken up now. So the only approach now is to watch & wait. She has an appointment with the gasteroenterologist next Friday (week from today) and I guess he'll determine the next approach. (The GP and gastero. both consulted together by phone today & decided just to have her wait, keep resting, & keep eating the low-fat diet.)
So it seems like that still leaves unanswered, or raises new, questions for us... I'm just starting to try to put mine together. Feel free to email me with yours!

Now, back to baking peanut butter cookies for Russ!...