May 2009
Scan Results
The local radiology report says that the tumor has mild growth. It's still presenting as a low grade tumor (yay!), but it still appears to be on the move. Bummer. We're doing really well. After [...]
Scans are tomorrow morning
I will post with the results as soon as I hear. Hopefully this week sometime. Thank you so much for all of your hugs, cards, prayers. We are blessed. MY FACE IS SHINING UPON YOU, [...]
April 2009
A much needed breath of fresh air
I have been blessed, again, with a great doctor. I decided to get a new oncologist, so my neurologist recommended one at her clinic in Corvallis. She is amazing. I told her everything that I have [...]
It’s the lack of, not the sun that will kill you
Vitamin D has been monopolizing health headlines for awhile now. Though technically not a vitamin, but rather a hormone, Vitamin D has now been linked to a multitude of diseases. This includes the pathology of at [...]
Why we should all care about inflammation
If you pay any attention to medical headlines, you'll see the word 'inflammation' come up quite frequently. Inflammation has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, Alzheimer's, essentially all chronic diseases. It seems that [...]
March 2009
Why I’m doing what I’m doing
This article I'm pasting below came into my inbox today from a newsletter that I receive from the National Brain Tumor Society. Temodar is the chemotherapy that I am currently taking. It's quite disturbing for [...]