I had radiation treatment number 10 today - double digits! At the time of my treatment, there's still no word from Mayo on the pathology. After treatment I went to work for about 6 hours. It was a good day, really good to see everyone and start getting back in a routine. I got a call from my "new" chiropractor, the one person that showed enough concern to advise me to go to the E.R. He was just checking on me and shared that he was talking at a conference of young chiropractic doctors and shared my story. He reviewed the visit and tests he'd performed, and told them he'd refused to treat me in any way and recommended the ER. I got the impression that most in the room were amazed that he wouldn't try some kind of treatment, until he told them of the diagnosis and the damage that could've been done with any additional treatment. He said my case was going to be a great learning tool for these young doctors. Wow! I'm constantly amazed at all the good things that are coming out of this, it's really overwhelming.
Tida got a call from my Radiation Oncologist while I was at work. One of the things I didn't share earlier was that we'd received a call last Friday with a preliminary finding on the pathology. They thought it might be one of two, both fairly rare, types of cancer. I decided not to share that because it was preliminary and they weren't willing to sign off on it yet, so I didn't even want to spend any time or emotion if they weren't certain. The call today was to tell us Mayo had backed off the preliminary report and now has no idea what it is. Testing will continue. That's okay, I'm still getting stronger daily. We'll be patient and let them do what they do.