Shave And A Haircut
Entry 1. 1:16 a.m. So, readers of Jenny's most recent Caringbridge post may be experiencing cognitive dissonance when reading my own recent journal entries. I certainly am. Jenny describes that her disease is stable, maybe changing a little. I describe clearly growing disease. It is true that her oncologist said in his eyes she is stable and that he disagrees with the radiologist report from two weeks ago on May 23, which asserted the CT showed growth of the tumor and mets, and also new mets. When pressed, Dr. P said each reader may see something different. Also note, he admitted he could not explain the exploding CA 19-9 numbers. My biology teacher, Mr. Hicklin, taught me Occam's Razor--i.e, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. Rising CA 19-9 could be explained most simply by cancer growth. But wait, there's more. While the actual radiology report wont be posted for another 24 hours, we do have the Emergency doctor's not...