Opdivo Day

Today was my day to have blood work done, see the doctor and get the result of the PET scan, and receive Opdivo treatment.  Days like today start out at 6:00 am and end at noon when I return home as was the case today.  My PET scan indicated really positive results in that it reported LOWER METABOLIC ACTIVITY on this scan than was measured on my last PET scan 6 months ago...  One could say that both my cancers (Lymphoma and Melanoma) and it is difficult to distinguish between the two without a biopsy being analyzed are SLEEPING...  at least for the time being.

The PET also indicated that I had severe coronary artery disease and that the bottom lobe of my lungs had collapsed which in and of itself is not that critical unless it persists...  my weekly exercising routine which was postponed this week, could improve my lungs by deep breathing while exercising.

HOWEVER, there was a downside on the PET scan and that was that it picked up an 8 mm nodule in one of my lungs that could be the result of an infection or could be the beginnings of lung cancer or simply could be a benign tumor.  I will have another CT scan performed in 6 weeks and depending upon what that scan shows, my oncologist will decide if a biopsy needs to be performed...

WAIT...  WAIT...  WAIT...

• I have to wait on my prostate biopsy results.
• I have to wait on another CT scan
• I have to wait on the results of another CT scan
• I have to wait on a lung biopsy date
• I have to wait on the result of a lung biopsy