Not the typo experience I care to have again...

Yesterday found me back at Roswell for my pre-op procedures (instructions, blood test, meeting with the anesthesiologist, etc.) I also was having yet one more look at that worrisome spot on my rib that turned up on my original bone scan.  The doctors have continued to say "it is probably nothing....but let's have one more test." It has unnerved me since it never seems to quite be eliminated as a problem. I was injured there on a malfunctioning ride at Six Flags many, many years ago and they are guessing that is what is showing up.  So yesterday Roswell had ordered one more CT scan and looked at both my chest and abdomen again, still trying to assess whether the prostate cancer has spread.  (If indeed it is in my ribs, then it is probably elsewhere.) I had the CT scan in the morning, and then met with the Urology Dept. in the afternoon.  The doctor came in and said that the scan had turned up a lesion on my lung that looked as if it could be cancer.  He said it was actually unrelated to the rib question which had come back clear (finally.) He said he would go and meet with the radiologist because they may want to delay my surgery and biopsy this spot on my lung.  He told me it was only about a centimeter and possibly too small to biopsy so then he wasn't sure what they would decide to do.  So once again, I found myself, sitting in a doctor's office starting to mentally plan my funeral.  After what seemed like an eternity, he came back in and apologized saying the report had a typo, it was supposed to say "Lesion not indicative of cancer" but the NOT had been omitted.  What a difference one tiny word can make.  It was an unpleasant experience, and yet one more reminder of how much worse this all could be.

So now I am back on track for next week: I'll have the surgery on Monday and if all goes well, come home on Tuesday.  I probably won't blog again until I am on the other side of this.  So thanks in advance for your prayers.  Happy New Year and love to all...