Only 6 Hours Until Biopsy

In just about 6 hours from now I’ll be having a biopsy done on a growth on my liver.  There is a presumption that since my CEA (Carcinoembryonic Antigen) results shot up and out of the normal range, and a 1.4 cm mass on my liver was discovered in a follow up CT Scan following the CEA test.  My colon cancer appears to have reemerged on my liver and now is at stage 4.  That’s all really disheartening, but the fight will continue.

So the biopsy is to confirm whether the growth is cancerous or benign.  I’ll try to be positive, but, come on!  My history of cancer this past year, cancer was discovered in my lymph nodes after surgery last February, my CEA has been in the normal range until a few weeks ago ... all the pointers are pointing in one direction.  So, in my opinion, the most important reason for the biopsy is to collect tissue for testing and determination of the proteins specific to my cancer.  That is a huge step down of what’s really happening, that’s my uneducated layman’s description of what they are doing.  If its benign, I'll throw the party.

Depending on the proteins discovered and determining they are associated with my cancer, then, it can then be determined if there are possible targeted immunotherapy options to help me, to perhaps cure me.  God willing, there is.

I'm surely praying for positive results, meaning, it’s either benign or they can at least identify the protein(s) involved AND there are immunotherapy treatments available.  The horrible part is that it can take 3-4 weeks for that determination.  I see my new research, colorectal cancer specialist in Boston on Wednesday.

I want to know all the details of my disease, but dread the thought of hopeless news.

If you can help, even with a $5.00 gift to the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, given in my name to my Team Director Dan, I’d be forever grateful, as will all others fighting this battle.  This money goes to the research and discovery of ways to eliminate cancer, please give what ever you can, every little bit helps emensely. You’ll receive a tax deductible donation receipt from the ACS.  You can make a tax deductible donation in support of me and my team by clicking here:  My Relay For Life Donation page

Am I concerned? You bet I am.  Am I fighting?  You bet.  Join me in the fight.  Thank You!