Triple negative

We met with the oncologist at Moffit on Friday and received bad news. He said the nodules in the lungs are cancer, but coming from somewhere else. He's ordered a PET/CT scan and a biopsy. He also said he thinks its been there a couple years and for us to prepare for the worst. Obviously, we're totally devastated.

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I have to admit to being surprised to hear the Dr say it was cancer even before the biopsy is done, to know it's not lung cancer, and to say she's had it for a couple years. Yesterday my wife had an appt with her GP to renew the prescription for her thyroid medicine and hepulled the scan up and told her he's not convinced it's cancer. He said it's possibly an infection and the sudafed she takes daily for her allergies is masking symptoms. We are really on a roller coaster ride. We want to believe he may be right, but don't want to have false hope.

Specialk - He never mentioned VATS and I didn't know to ask him. All he said was it will be a needle biopsy.

Late yesterday we got a call from the office where the PET scan is going to be done. They said they had been trying trying all week to get approval for the scan from our insurance company, but had not been able to, so the Monday scan is cancelled. The insurance company said they need a peer to peer consultation before they'll approve it. Sure would have been nice if they wouldn't have waited until it was too late to talk to anyoneon a Friday afternoon. Very frustrating. My wife thinks they may want to wait for the biopsy results before approving it. The biopsy is still scheduled for Wednesday.

Ok, I need to vent. The biopsy was Wednesday morning and here it is, Monday night and not a peep. We were told 2-3 days....very frustrating

Just got the call. It's cancer in her lungs, now a pet scan to determine where it's coming from. I thought they would be able to tell that from this biopsy but that wasn't the case. Petscan next to determine where the primary is

The petscan shows that my wife's endometrial cancer has come back. She had this the same year as her breast cancer., 2009. We have an appointment with a gyn oncologist on the 25th. I guess I won't post here anymore since we're not dealing with breast cancer. Thanks to everyone for your support. God bless you all.

Thank you KBeee. We have been to Moffitt the last two days. On Wednesday we met with the gyn oncologist and really liked her and her Nurse Practioner. As we knew, the petscan showed activity in her pelvic region but apparently doesn't show the size. We went back yesterday for a ct with contrast. The tumor size will dictate whether we go with hormonal therapy (megace 2x daily for three weeks, followed by 2x daily tamoxifen for three weeks, alternating) If the tumor is large we start chemo on Monday. This will consist of 6 rounds of Taxol/carbo, once every three weeks. My wife's attitude is amazing....she's such a strong woman!!!

We got the catscan results today and there are three tumors in the pelvic area, not 1. 2 of them are over 5 cm's. We start chemo on Monday morning and pray she responds to it.