Thanks for sharing this, and I'm glad you were able to get your scan done. I hope it was OK. This situation is making us collectively aware of so many people who support our day-to-day living.

I hope your scan is clear.

I'm glad you got your scan and I hope months of peace of mind.

My neighbors both work at the hospital near us -- him in the ER. As the shut down and over 60 stay indoors started, they were walking their dog. We talked from a further than usual distance, but it was clear he had seen how bad this can be. The first cases in our area went to his hospital, and they are waiting for it to get worse, saying we were a few weeks behind Italy. Them telling DH to stay home or away from others as much as possible finally hit home for DH. It was one of those conversations where what wasn't said was as much as what was said -- kind of like what you weren't seeing at the hospital being as much as what you were seeing. I hope we can all breathe a sigh of relief soon.

This graph from the Financial Times doesn't look good for the US, especially since we haven't had widespread testing yet. 😧

Here is a good website for up to date information. I was posted to the FB page of a local talk radio host. Chart

That chart just burns me up. Anyone who is any good at business or military threat assessment knows that the secret to success is to get out ahead of the curve, so watch emerging threats . . . same with cancer, early detection. Praying for you 3Katz, keep us posted. Terrible times and even worse to have another type of health issue. One day at a time right? XO love.

The fact that the US chart is getting steeper, rather than flattening like every other country's chart, is super alarming.

Someone on another thread (sorry can't give credit) posted this about flattening the curve by social distancing and I found it really helpful/hopeful. So please pass it on as much as you can. It might convince some people to comply with staying home. Scroll down to the large graphics with the bouncing balls.

slow the spread!

Yes cawaps, it is alarming.

On a not so alarming front I heard back on my CT. They called me which kind of freaked me out but I guess I'm okay. Nothing indicative of recurrent endometrial stromal sarcoma but I have two small supposedly benign kidney nodules that are unchanged from my last CT several years ago though that report doesn't mention them. Apparently kidney nodules are more common as we get older. I have no symptoms and there's nothing more anyone is going to do about it as long as we have Covid-19 so I'll not concern myself with that for now. My only thought is that my sarcoma is so rare no radiologist around here would probably know it if they saw it.

So glad to hear your CT seems like good news!

Glad that there's no bad news!

I too am thankful for the news, 3katz. I would imagine it's been a stressful day for you. Take extra good care.

So glad to hear, 3katz! Both about being able to get the scan and the good news.

Thankful you got the call re: scan so quickly with nothing new to report.

So happy it looks like your ct is clear. As to the kidney incidental finding, they were often not reported to the patients a few years ago but now with patient portals they do report everything.

ct is very specific in ruling in or out kidney cancers and metastasis. My husband had incidental kidney masses that were graded 3 upon ct which is often indictitive of malignancy but upon further investigation they were down graded to 2f which warranted watch and wait and after three years of no structural changes on ct scans he is considered benign by his urologist.

I hope your good health continues for many more years!

Roarah - thanks for that insight - it's reassuring. I do think these are just benign cysts and the radiologist would have been comparing my current scan with the last one so I think I'm good to go. I had lung nodules in the past and panicked somewhat about that even though my oncologist said don't worry - many people in MN have lung nodules because of stuff in the soil. And that was nothing to worry about - they're unchanged eight years later and don't even show up on a chest xray. Always something.....it was a momentary distraction from Covid-19.

3katz, glad your CT scan resulted in good news. It must have been stressful during that whole process.

So happy it’s good news 3katz!

You made my day, so happy for you.

I am relieved and happy for good news.

Hip hip hurrah!! So glad you got in and received wonderful results!!

Won't your CT scan eventually make its way to your oncologist? But of course, I'm happy that so far so good! That's all we can worry about these days, one day at a time. Just going to a hospital would be very stressful I imagine.

Glad the CT scan is behind you, and now you could cross it off your list of things to worry about!