Yesterday we went to University of Chicago for follow up appointments. The overall message from the endocrinologist is that the tumor is there but at this point, he's not sure where it is. Our best bet is still that the spots in the lung are very small carcinoids but right now, they are too small to do anything to. He referred to any other extreme measures as doing more harm than good and he said his job is "to above all, do no harm". Eventually, I know this team of doctors will be able to cure this thing but right now, we're going to treat the symptoms and hope it helps.
We're going to Northwestern today for a few more exotic blood tests and then I'm going to get ready to go back to IU very early Sunday morning. One of these days, there will be good news to put up here.
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Shawn,
That sounds like a great attitude. The good news is that you have excellent doctors and are actively exploring every opportunity for speedy detection and a favorable outcome. Combined with your attitude, that puts you way ahead of the curve.
Oh, and you also have a great mom. (And probably a great dad, too, but I don't know him.)
Now if only we can those Wall street bankers to adopt your "Do no harm" mantra as well....
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