We got home yesterday from our trip to UCLA. I can't even begin to explain to you how thrilled I am to be done with that place for awhile. I'm so ready for life to just settle down and for us to find some sort of normal, whatever that may look like. I don't like [...]
I received an email from Dr. Liau and there was not any additional pathology available this week from my surgery, so they will bring my case up next Wednesday at tumor board to see if there is more information. This is what I do know, though. At this point, we will be flying back down [...]
I know I wasn't very diligent about keeping anybody updated while I was down south. It was killing me, but the biggest reason was that my pain factor is quite a bit more significant with this surgery than it has been with any of the past surgeries. I was able to jabber a little bit [...]
I love that hymn. Absolutely love it. It floods by heart, mind and soul with peace when I hear it. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. and the best [...]
We went to UCLA this past week to get some follow up scans done on their MRI and PET scanner and then had a follow up appointment with Dr. Liau. We did this down there because their PET scanner is more sensitive to low grade glioma cells, which is what we assumed my tumor was [...]
I've learned about myself over these past few years that when the going gets tough, I tend to internalize. I could have written about 10 blog entries over the past two months with all of the latest drama that I have mustered up, but I guess I haven't really been to the point where I [...]