More sadness....

Thank you Amanda, for your encouraging words. So we'll be on the same drugs then..? (almost)...it'll be nice to have a buddy to compare notes with! :-) How have you found Vinorelbine? You were spot on when you said i felt as though hope had been ripped away from me...that's exactly how i felt. I think the way they deliver news like this leaves a lot to be desired too! I know they have to talk about worse case scenarios but to be honest, some signs of hope or even using more positive language would be a start! My oncologist is wonderful, dont get me wrong...but she just concentrates on highlighting the negatives, which is really very depressing. When I mentioned to her that I believed there are many options/combinations re chemo for me, she said "well yes there are some other drugs we can try, but if you dont respond adequately to 2 different drug combinations in a row, it is very likely that your cancer will be highly resistant to ANY drug and therefore untreatable".......she could've knocked me down with a feather when I heard this! So now I feel as though the pressure is really on big time for this next treatment to work....otherwise it appears (according to my oncologist) that hope begins to significantly run out...

It is 2 new lymph nodes that are slightly enlarged compared to the previous scan, but they weren't reported on as they are still within the normal size range..apparently they didnt seem significant to report on at the time, given that the report was being done in isolation of the other information re my health. When the complete story was presented at the case conference, it became apparent that these slightly enlarged lymph nodes were in fact significant (dont know if I've explained that enough to make sense?). I forgot to ask about a PET scan, but I'm still trying to get my own head around the difference between a CT scan and a PET scan.

Thank you for offering me some hope Amanda, it was just what I needed when I read your post. Take care Celeste?