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The Cancer Rehab Group: It's called prehabilitation, actually. It wasn't bad, and the staff is quite nice and efficient.
PET Scan: This test found absolutely nothing beyond the actual main tumour. However, it did find something, a tiny little thing on my trachea that reacted to the tracer fluid. They have no clue what it is.
Ultrasound: Liver's fine.
Oncologist: He believes that the trachael thing will be destroyed by chemotherapy if it's real, or left alone if not, in which case it doesn't even matter. Further, he is very optimistic about how I will react to chemo. So am I. I start chemo in two weeks.
Last thing to do: I spoke with my brother in law, who has now accepted an assistant professorship position at Harvard. He spoke to my surgeon, and he has a pretty good feeling about him. In fact, the treatment is something that he agrees with medically. However, he still wants me to get a second opinion, and I will be doing that next Tuesday from someone he knows. He believes that this doctor will have the same conclusion, but that I should find out which is the better doctor and go with him.
Sounds like you have all you could possibly have going for you - all things considered.
It's a big relief to hear that the MDs are optimistic.
I am especially glad that your liver is still intact. When you finish with all this, you will need a good drinking liver once we're done with you! ;)
it does sound pretty good so far. best of luck over the coming weeks, man.