Preliminary MRI read - small tumor!

Today was a busy day for Superjane.  We started with a pre-op visit to Lahey to consent to potential Tuesday surgery.  Next, trip into Beth Israel in Boston for pelvic MRI. Scheduled for noon, but did not start till closer to 1 pm, and Jane could not eat or drink after 8 am this morning. The MRI required Jane to be injected with glucagon. If you ever have to get this please be cautious, Jane had a bad nausea reaction to it (after the MRI, fortunately).

Queasily left BIDMC at 3:15 and raced back to Lahey for more pre op workup. While we were getting the low down from the pre op nurse at Lahey the wonderful doctor from BI called and said that his preliminary read of the MRI indicates that the tumor is small (size of a pea) and probably not too perilously close to delicate areas. It does not appear so complicated that it can't be handled at Lahey, and since we have a Tuesday surgery date there, looks like that is the current plan. Unless the "official" read of MRI says differently, Jane will be headed to surgery around 3 on Tuesday. She was planning on going to work Tuesday AM for meeting with her staff, but since she discovered the intensive surgery prep (yuck - TMI!), she has decided to take the whole day off.  

So we have tentative good news today. The official read of the MRI should come in a few days but we expect plans for Tuesday surgery will not change. After surgery they will determine the stage of the cancer, and what follow up procedures are needed.

Will post again on Tuesday if not before. Jane says she would welcome visits next week after surgery (but no pressure) as she will be off work for the remainder of the week.

BTW, a few folks have said they had difficulty posting on this. It appears the only way to do so is via the comments field. Please let me know if you have any problems posting to comments.

Thanks for checking in!  xox, Steve