Oops, it's nothing again

Let's cut the story short . . . I am finished with chemotherapy!  For the first time since November 2012, I am only taking one prescription drug!  Currently I am free of chemo drugs, anti-nausea prescriptions, and steroids.  The only thing I still have to take (for the rest of my life, which is hopefully a long one), is my good ol' Keppra to prevent seizures.  I am very happy right now that I can avoid chemo drugs like a cat avoids baths.  (If you can think of a better analogy, I want to hear it.  My husband and I had a brainstorm, but we failed in our collaboration).

Right now it looks like I will be having an MRI done every two to three months, but leaning more towards the two months after a scare that happened two weeks ago.  Two weeks ago, I went in for my first MRI post chemotherapy.  I have to say, this MRI was the worst that has ever occurred to me; and I have been through A LOT of MRIs over the last year and a half.  This time when I went in, I was so congested that I felt that my nose was the equivalent of Mt. Rainer - very plugged and ready to explode.  As a result, when I was laying in the MRI, to breathe I had to open my mouth.  When I opened my mouth I inhaled something that caused me to cough thought a good portion of the testing.  When I was finished and pulled out of the MRI I asked the tech if my coughing would be a problem with the results, and he said that it would not be. Apparently he was wrong.  As a result of my coughing and moving, a small area in my left brain lobe appeared to be abnormal.  This resulted in the doctor writing in the report:

" . . . mild enhancement in the medial portion of the left temporal lobe, medial to the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle.  This may represent extension of tumor."

He wrote this just after how he wrote about "decreased size of the mass in the left temporal lobe".  I would much rather hear the positive news about "decreased mass" last instead of ending with the negative news of "extension of tumor".  

After my oncologist (Dr. Wagner) met with me later in the week and saw the comments on my MRI, he immediately made an appointment with my socially-awkward neurologist (Dr. O).  The two of them conferred with each other, and came to the conclusion that this MRI is almost completely identical to my last MRI (even with my coughing) and that the newbie MRI doctor who wrote the synopsis was incorrect.   Last Thursday I met with Dr. Wagner, and he showed me my last MRI compared with a previous MRI that was given, and except for a decrease in tumor size by 1.2mm, they were identical.  My conclusion?  If you need an easy way to lose weight and increase heartburn have a newbie doctor tell you "oops".