Re: Bruce/lymph nodes

[Guest guest]

Bruce, glad to see you made it home safe and sound. I know it wasn't a

terribly, terribly long drive by Texas standards, but doing it with all

of your equipment made it all the more of an experience I'm sure. At

least you now know what to expect for future road trips.

I was interested in what you wrote about the swollen lymph nodes. My

last CT scan also showed swollen lymph nodes and they just glossed

right over that so I assumed it was no big deal. Is it a big deal???

Or just part and parcel of having this disease?

I never thought to ask about them. Having lupus I'm used to having

swollen nodes in my neck.

Just curious....

Hugs!

Babs in Driftwood

I already had a CT from June, 2007, that clearly showed the

> fibrosis, but they were looking at other things and at swollen lymph

> nodes.

[Guest guest]

I was in the hospital in May with facial cellulitus and sinus infection

so they say, I had 7 CT's in those 5 weeks alone, then a chest xray,

and some additional CT's the following weeks. Even still with all them

they were still clueless, took until like the 4th CT to figure it out.

Sandie

How fun it is to be in those machines. I will take that machine any

day over the MRI machine.

>

> Bruce, thanks for the answer. When the next CT is done I'll be sure to

> ask the Doc what he thinks. My thought is that my lupus is causing the

> swollen nodes, but as the Doc's keep reminding me, I don't have MD

> behind my name....

> Sometimes I wonder how some of them managed to get that MD behind

> THEIR name!!!

> I genuinely like this new guy but he has yet to prove himself to me. I

> liked that he conferred with his associates on my case and didn't just

> jump to conclusions, so he got a gold star for that one. I then had to

> give him a minus check for taking a personal call in the middle of my

> appointment.

> And so it goes....

> Hugs!

> Babs in Driftwood

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