I had the PSMA PET/CT on December 5, as planned. Three days later I was able to see the results. The prostate cancer (PC) has spread but not extensively. It has reappeared in the prostate gland. The small lesion on the femur is PC. The lesion on the pelvic bone is not PC and so remains a mystery. The spleen is also a mystery. There is no guidance yet as to how to proceed.
Why no guidance? So far no doctor has contacted me about the scan. Yesterday I made a call to see what's happening. I had a chat with an admin and then received a call from the radiation oncologist. It sounded like he hadn't seen the results until just before he called me and went through it.
The back story is that there are four doctors in the communications loop, each of them a specialist in different but overlapping fields. They are looking at two different cancers and two unknown lesions. They have been in touch with each other but I think someone may have dropped the ball on following up with me, the patient. I politely triggered one doc to step into this yesterday. He's now requesting that the cancer oncologist meet with me ASAP. Everyone else will be copied on that message.
Oddly, I'm not upset about this. I kind of wish the whole thing would just go away, so this period of inaction is welcome. But I know that things are going to get busy in 2025.
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