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I cannot imagine how hard this wait is! Although cancer can be aggressive, it did’t happen over night, this has been brewing. A week or two should not a difference.
Your team needs to know as much as possible before starting chemo. So hoping it has not gotten out of the lymph node, but if it has, it could change treatment. They want to be sure you are getting the best treatment for your disease. Once you have the first treatment, hopefully any cancerous tumor or cell will be change, and being killed off.
Sending hugs, prayers and positive thoughts your way that the scans are great, you start treatment and start fighting this beast!
That urgency makes complete sense — when cancer is involved, waiting can feel unbearable. The frustration is completely valid.
The good news is that your care team likely has a reason for the timing. Scans before chemotherapy can actually help in important ways:
- They give doctors a "baseline" picture of what's happening Show Full Answer
Hi Lisa, it is frustrating- we know that there is something to fight- but here we sit- just waiting!! I had to remind myself that every test, every scan, was all like the recon before a battle- the more we know, the more effectively and efficiently we can fight this! It will all come together soon, and then a spurt of possibly more appts- (I had to have additional scans of lungs, and heart tests as a baseline for one of my chemo cocktail drugs), but then it all settles down into a weird routine. Hang in there! Rest, hydrate, etc. so you will be in your best place physically to take this on! Hugs!
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