Update after Shunt #2
Feb 27, 2015 16:15:42 GMT -5
Post by trixi282 on Feb 27, 2015 16:15:42 GMT -5
I feel like a bit of a PW lately... but you all have been so supportive, I wanted to keep you updated!
My follow up with the MFM this morning went great!
Size of the mass is down DRASTICALLY from Wednesday, and the shunt looks like it’s still in place this morning which is awesome! So happy to have that update this morning... I go back again on Monday and hopefully that can be the start of weekly appointments. As much as she and I love to see each other, she even said I’m her most frequent patient right now (2-3x a week the last 3 weeks after our initial meeting 4 weeks ago), and that she would love for me to be able to come only weekly too, for my sake!
Although it’s hard to follow, and hard for me to remember without having the chart… I wanted to give you an idea of what we were working with this week:
- Rough sizes Tuesday overall for the mass (in volume) was 70, Wednesday morning (just overnight) it was up to around 79 (which is HUGE, largest it had ever been before that was a little over 40 which had her concerned at our first meeting – when I had the thoracentisis).
Cystic portion alone was a huge part of that, but I’m blanking now on size of it… it was in the mid-high 30’s I think…. Too many numbers this morning to keep track.
- Immediately after the procedure Wednesday (like 10 minutes after shunt was placed) we were already down about 2/3 the size overall, with the cyst alone going down to low 20’s.
- Today overall volume is low-mid 20’s with the cystic portion at around 2.5!! What a big difference!
My follow up with the MFM this morning went great!
Size of the mass is down DRASTICALLY from Wednesday, and the shunt looks like it’s still in place this morning which is awesome! So happy to have that update this morning... I go back again on Monday and hopefully that can be the start of weekly appointments. As much as she and I love to see each other, she even said I’m her most frequent patient right now (2-3x a week the last 3 weeks after our initial meeting 4 weeks ago), and that she would love for me to be able to come only weekly too, for my sake!
Although it’s hard to follow, and hard for me to remember without having the chart… I wanted to give you an idea of what we were working with this week:
- Rough sizes Tuesday overall for the mass (in volume) was 70, Wednesday morning (just overnight) it was up to around 79 (which is HUGE, largest it had ever been before that was a little over 40 which had her concerned at our first meeting – when I had the thoracentisis).
Cystic portion alone was a huge part of that, but I’m blanking now on size of it… it was in the mid-high 30’s I think…. Too many numbers this morning to keep track.
- Immediately after the procedure Wednesday (like 10 minutes after shunt was placed) we were already down about 2/3 the size overall, with the cyst alone going down to low 20’s.
- Today overall volume is low-mid 20’s with the cystic portion at around 2.5!! What a big difference!