Bruce had his PET scan. He had two spots on it. One at about the scar in the esophagus from surgery & the other was in his colon area. He had an EGD today...scope of his esophagus, stomach & duodenum. Also ultrasound of the same area. It was normal as was the colonoscopy he had on Friday. So today was also a waiting game on his blood work. His anemia is improved but still didn't have his iron studies, comprehensive metabolic panel & most importantly his CEA (cancer antigen). Sent Dr. Percent a text about the EGD & colonoscopy & asked if he had results of CEA. He hadn't seen them as he only works 1/2 days on Mondays but did get them to us. Unfortunately Bruce's CEA is elevated. It was 7.4 which was elevated & is know 8.2. Dr. Percent said that the only place we haven't checked is Bruce's brain so tomorrow Bruce will be having a CT of the brain. We were planning on going to Key West on Saturday for a week's vacation with my sisters & my cousin Bob who was diagnosed with lung cancer.Hopefully we will still be able to go. Will definitely depend on what the CT shows & what Dr. Percent thinks we need to do next. If I feel like it I will update this blog tomorrow when we know the results of the CT. As always, have cried a bit & tonight I also had a couple of drinks. Now I'm going to bed.
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