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<strong>My</strong> PET/CT Results: Good News and News of<br />
Unknown Significance<br />
Thursday, October 06, 2011<br />
This will be a long post.<br />
I have been complaining of increasing shortness of breath lately. The symptom is not<br />
disabling but is disturbing. I have been thinking I might have lung metastases, and<br />
because of this, I have pushed up the timing of imaging to have my scans done<br />
yesterday. Before I get into the findings, I would like to fully describe the symptoms. I<br />
have little tolerance for exercise, getting short of breath <strong>with</strong> rapid walking. When I take a<br />
deep breath, it seems to catch and make me want to cough, I have difficulty modulating<br />
my voice and sometimes have to stop speaking to cough. I am not short of breath at rest.<br />
Coronal CT Image On this coronal image, there is air space consolidation adjacent to the<br />
heart, more right than left. There is also some focal peripheral consolidation.<br />
(Right in patient is on viewers left)<br />
Consolidation means fluid or other tissue where lung should be)<br />
Here we can see that there is consolidation on both sides.<br />
<strong>My</strong> <strong>Battle</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Merkel</strong> <strong>Cell</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong>
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