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Mister Coaster · 12-02-2005, 02:50 PM

Thanks everyone for the kind words and encouragement, here's the latest. I had an appointment (UCLA Medical Center, Jules Stein Eye Institute) all day yesterday for tests, exams and a meeting with a melanoma specialist. At this point, all he can say is that it is a "tumor" which either may or may not be cancerous. While this brings me back to square one, (being that there's something in my eye and they don't know what it is) it is some good news because he seems to think that there are a lot of these tumors that end up being non-cancerous. He doesn't want to go ahead and cut it out because doing that can/will permanently affect my vision, and it seems as if my vision is better than 20/20 in that eye. I think I passed the 12/15 chart.

He has advised me to wait and have them monitor it to see what it does. He wants to see me again in 3 months. I feel great, and I don't think there's any chance that IF it is cancer, that it has spread. So I'm not out of the woods yet, but he says I should put this at the bottom of my list of things to worry about.

I kind of see this as a mixed bag, because it gives me some hope that it's not cancer. But at the same time, it could still be cancer and they have chosen to wait, which seems like a bad idea to me. Either way, I don't have to do anything about it until well after the Holidays

12-02-2005, 02:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
Mister Coaster Big & Brassy Location: The "Canyon"	Thanks everyone for the kind words and encouragement, here's the latest. I had an appointment (UCLA Medical Center, Jules Stein Eye Institute) all day yesterday for tests, exams and a meeting with a melanoma specialist. At this point, all he can say is that it is a "tumor" which either may or may not be cancerous. While this brings me back to square one, (being that there's something in my eye and they don't know what it is) it is some good news because he seems to think that there are a lot of these tumors that end up being non-cancerous. He doesn't want to go ahead and cut it out because doing that can/will permanently affect my vision, and it seems as if my vision is better than 20/20 in that eye. I think I passed the 12/15 chart. He has advised me to wait and have them monitor it to see what it does. He wants to see me again in 3 months. I feel great, and I don't think there's any chance that IF it is cancer, that it has spread. So I'm not out of the woods yet, but he says I should put this at the bottom of my list of things to worry about. I kind of see this as a mixed bag, because it gives me some hope that it's not cancer. But at the same time, it could still be cancer and they have chosen to wait, which seems like a bad idea to me. Either way, I don't have to do anything about it until well after the Holidays __________________ If you have any poo... fling it NOW!