Test Results

I recently received results from two important tests. The first one was a pathology report on a mole that was removed from my neck three years ago when I was in Missouri. (I think it was my friend Sameera who asked how they still had my mole from three years ago...she said somewhere they must have a storage room full of moles...that really made me laugh. They actually hang on to slides from the mole though).

Anyway, the pathologists at Sloan Kettering and Hackensack both think that the mole was the primary source of the melanoma, wallahu a3lam. What they think that means is that the tumor they found on my lung was a metastasis... meaning it spread to the lung, and the lung was not the primary source of the melanoma. The doctors have said a few things about what the implications of this are, none of ther comments are very encouraging, but alhamdulilah. They think that means the melanoma has gone through the bloodstream, and could potentially be anywhere in the body. I pray Allah (SWT) cleanses me from this disease completely, and I know nothing is beyond His abilities.

There's so much irony in all of this. Subhan'Allah, three years ago, when I had the mole removed the doctor told me there was something a bit unusual about the mole, and that he'd like to take a bigger sample from the skin around the mole. I never went back to the doctor because the mole removal was such an unpleasant experience. Subhan'Allah, I am always getting on my husband's case for not following up on things, and this was one of the few things that he had pushed me to follow up on...and I didn't.

The other results I received came from the catscan I had on Thursday. Alhamdulilah, the catscan did not show any visible growths or abnormal tissue. Insha'allah the doctors are going to try to monitor me closely with regular cat and pet scans. I am going to try to do my due diligence, and insha'allah rely on Allah for the rest.