Re: It seems very doubtful that I will live three more months

On 11/28/24 11:30 AM, olcott wrote:

On 11/28/2024 8:53 AM, joes wrote:

Am Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:17:53 -0600 schrieb olcott:

On 11/27/2024 8:34 PM, olcott wrote:

On 11/27/2024 7:16 PM, olcott wrote:

Unless proton beam therapy prevents this my Right paracaval lymph node
will soon close off my superior vena cava (all blood flow to the
heart). This lymph node has been growing at a rate of 3.84%
per day for the 68 days between PET scans.
1.0384 ^ 90 = 29.7-fold increase every 90 days. The R2 cancer
treatment that I just started takes 90 days to begin to take effect.
>

I just figured out what could save me.
I simply have the dangerous Right paracaval lymph node surgically
removed before it gets much bigger and could block off my inferior vena
cava very much.

Aw man, don't get my hopes up like that. (As if anybody believed your
cancer.)
>

 *My own doctor is clueless on this*
He didn't bother to notice the 8th grade arithmetic.
of volume of a cylender and compound interest.
 -Right paracaval lymph node
(fused image 232): 3.5 x 2.3 cm with SUV max 12.0
  That is growing at a daily rate of 3.815 percent
will have to be removed long before it cuts off the
blood flow through the inferior vena cava.
  From page 17 of the PDF
  -Right paracaval lymph node (fused image 232):
3.5 x 2.3 cm with SUV max 12.0. Previously 1.2 x 1.1 cm
with SUV max 10. (also referenced on page 71 of the PDF)
 Volume of a Cylender = π r² h
(as a proxy for actual shape of the lymph node)
Right paracaval lymph node 2024-09-13
volume of 1.2(L) x 1.1D = 1.14cc
 Right paracaval lymph node 2024-11-20
volume of  3.5(L) x 2.3(D) = 14.54cc
 14.54 / 1.14 = 12.75-fold increase derives a 3.815% per day
for 68 days. computing the same rate for the future cuts off
all blood supply from the inferior vena cava very quickly.
 Days from 2024-11-20
(dimensions assume currect 1.5 to 1.0 ratio this may change)
30 days after --- 1.03815 ^ 30 =
3.07-fold increase   5.10 x 3.40 =   46 cc
 60 days after --- 1.03815 ^ 60 =
9.45-fold increase   7.35 x 4.90 = 139 cc
 90 days after --- 1.03815 ^ 90 =
29.1-fold increase  10.80 x 7.20 bigger than a softball
 Without surgery the blood flow though my inferior vena
cava (from the lower half of my body) would be entirely
cut off very soon. *My own doctor did not notice this*
 

He may have just put the pieces together and decided that you are effectively DEAD now, and just waiting for it to happen.
The surgery might be impractical, and maybe 60 days until it kills you is better that dying on the table now.