MRI

Wednesday I had an MRI at the Cancer Agency which is an important check point to ensure the biopsies findings were right and there are no other cancer zones needing treatment.  I've had so many different scans over the last year, that the ladies at the check in desk treat me like a regular at a Pub!  

I got changed and sat in the chair with the nurses getting set for my injections.  Since my MRI is of my pelvis, they need to keep my bowels steady and illuminate the pelvis in the scan.  First injection was of a drug called 'buscopan' (a muscle relaxant) and not 30 seconds later I had a seizure.  I said I wasn't feeling right and that was all I remember. When I came to there were numerous doctors and nurses tending to me. Crash cart was brought out, checking all my vitals and apple juice given to me to drink in order to raise my blood sugar.  I had fainted before but this was different. 

I was told my eyes were rolling in the back of my head, I was shaking and of course unresponsive.  It took me a while to know who I was, where I was and what had happened. As I regained consciousness all I could hear sounded like a music tape on slow motion rewind (for those of us who remember music tapes) and I couldn't make sense of it all. A scary moment for sure but thank my lucky stars I was with doctors and nurses to help me.  Once I was OK I had the MRI but we didn't do the 2nd injection since my body and brain had just had trauma. They seem happy with the images and I hope to hear from my doctor in a week with the scan findings. 

Just a few hours after I started writing this blog, my oncologist called me. The MRI results aren't quite complete but she does know that they see a 2cm alien where Big Kahuna was. We don't know if this alien is cancerous, so another biopsy will most likely happen, but the odds are high.  I've always been high risk for reoccurrence.  In regards to the seizure, it's thought I had a rough fainting spell with some convulsions. They don't think it was a full on seizure and won't test me and I'm ok to keep driving. 

When she told me this I asked her if I do have more cancer how do we treat it?  I've had the max amount of radiation so does that mean more chemotherapy?  Chemotherapy isn't very effective against previously radiated areas so as suspected the colostomy was brought up. If my alien is cancerous I will get the procedure. The good news is no cancer is in my lymphnodes or any other part of my body so although I might have another battle in a massive surgery, I'm not going anywhere.  The doctors are watching me so closely and I'm grateful for that. 

My heart kind of sank after I hung up the phone.  I've been trying so hard to find my new normal and now wham-bam!  I'm feeling good and looking good to the naked eye so just goes to show you illness doesn't have a face, it is so easily in disguise. 

#carly2conquercancer

XOXO

C