There is a tumor about 4 inches long, and I am 99% certain it is cancerous. That's the first words I remember hearing right after coming to after the anthestesia. I was extremely calm (thanks to still being under the influence of the drugs). I remember asking the MD, "O.K. What do we need to do next"?
He asked me if I could wait around until noon (about 30 minutes) to meet with Dr. Sullivan who he said was an excellent MD. We waited. I remember Dr. Abdulian showing Dr. Sullivan the pictures he had taken during the colonoscopy. I hear Dr. Sullivan say "Have you shown these pictures to them yet"? Dr. Abdulian replied he had not.
Both MD's came into my space in the recovery unit. Dr. Sullivan sat on the foot of my bed as Dr. Abdulian stood. I was shown the pictures, but really couldn't comprehand what I was looking at. It just looked like a bunch of bloody something. I guess that's what a tumor looks like.
Dr. Sullivan had me go to his office a few miles away, to have some blood work done, and a chest xray. Meanwhile, Dr. Abdulian ordered a virtual colonoscopy (done with a catscan in the Radiology department at a hospital), so he could see places he could not see with the regular procedure. That was scheduled for the following Monday, March 15th.
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