Oma's Doctor Appts

Oma had two doctor appointments today.

The first one was with the GI who had performed the endoscopic ultrasound.  He reviewed the results with us once again.  The biopsy had come back benign, as did the final pathology report.  All good news!  There are a few things that the mass could be, but the doctor kept talking like it was more like a cyst than anything.  According to the GI, Oma still needs to be monitored closely.  He'd like another CT on January 16th to compare to the original CT.  The hope is that the mass is shrinking.  If that's the case, it sounds like she'll continue to be monitored and it will eventually just shrink and go away.  If instead the mass is getting bigger, then in all probability, another endoscopic ultrasound will be performed with another biopsy collected.

The next appointment was with the oncologist.  He didn't have much to add.  He was thrilled that all the pathology reports were showing that the mass was NOT cancerous, since it certainly wasn't looking that way in the beginning.  He shared with us that the two tumor marker tests (the CA 19-9 for pancreatic cancer and the CA 125 for ovarian cancer) were both within the normal range.  He obviously had nothing but respect for the OB/GYN oncologist that we're meeting with next week.  We won't know more about the mass on Oma's ovaries until she actually has surgery.  If that mass does turn out to be cancerous, the OB/GYN oncologist would oversee any and all treatment.  Therefore, unless the pancreas turns up something cancerous, the oncologist is stepping off the team at this point.

The next appointment is on January 9th with the OB/GYN oncologist, followed by an appointment on the 15th with the pancreatic surgeon.  The oncologist did tell us that he's seen both these doctors work well together and often coordinate surgeries together, so that was good news.  We'll see how it pans out.