We just got the results. The tumor is what they call a "mixed type," meaning it contained two different types of cancers. They said there is a 40% chance the cancer has spread to my lymph nodes. In three or four weeks they're going to do more blood tests and do a lymph node dissection. If there are no tumors in my lymph nodes, I will be put onto a system of monthly CT scans and blood tests, which would last for one year. If there are tumors in my lymph nodes, I will need two cycles of chemotherapy, and then the year of monthly tests and monitoring.
So, what it comes down to is there's a 40% chance I'm going to need chemotherapy, but we won't know anything more for a month. I just get to spend that time waiting. |