We met with the ENT doctor yesterday. He reviewed the PET scan with us, and looked at the area in question with a scope. Nothing looked out of the norm. He could not feel that spot with his fingers because of the edema swelling that remains. He showed us the PET pictures with brand new, computer-enhanced imaging. The spot showed up bright and clear on those images, and is a little less than an inch in diameter. It has a Specific Uptake Value of 4.8, which puts it into the "can't tell either way" range.
The only way to get a definitive assessment is to do a core needle biopsy of that area and have the samples sent to the pathology lab. We requested to have the procedure done on TH of next week, but don't have a confirmation on that yet.
So, the waiting will go on for at least another week. As always, we'll post here when anything new happens.
mike and terry
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