See Spot
We (Phillip and I) met with the radiologist yesterday who is going to blast the liver lesion with radiation to destroy it (sounds so...Star Trek). There is a possibility to have it surgically removed, but then half my liver would go with it. So, we thought this is the best way. It's called "Radiofrequency Ablation", where, guided by a CT scan, the radiologist drives a needle right to the tumor site and blasts it with radiation directly to destroy it. It's an overnight thing in the hospital, just to monitor and manage pain, but the success rate is high. Hopefully that will take care of this one. The radiologist is good, he does "hundreds" of these, and this is specifically developed for liver tumors.
The new icon pic is actually an image from a scan of mine...it's looking from the back, the yellow spots (one at the bottom = bladder; and the two either side of the spine = kidneys) light up this way normally. Here is the whole image (embiggen to see):
The top black and white row is a CT scan, the middle row is a PET scan and the bottom row is a composite of both, to help identify things. In the bottom row, fifth image from the left, right above the left kidney is a spot of light...that's the liver culprit right there...
The new icon pic is actually an image from a scan of mine...it's looking from the back, the yellow spots (one at the bottom = bladder; and the two either side of the spine = kidneys) light up this way normally. Here is the whole image (embiggen to see):
The top black and white row is a CT scan, the middle row is a PET scan and the bottom row is a composite of both, to help identify things. In the bottom row, fifth image from the left, right above the left kidney is a spot of light...that's the liver culprit right there...