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 [...]
After consulting with my plethora of doctors, here is the plan we came up with. Dr. Liau is concerned that the chemo may not be working for my tumor, as it's grown slightly since I started chemo in February, albeit slight. She first recommended that I proceed with radiation, but after a phone conference with [...]
I received an email from Dr. Liau at UCLA and she has recommended that I proceed with radiation at this point. The tumor has grown only slightly since February, but since the chemotherapy hasn't controlled the growth, she's concerned about more growth. This news is a little devastating. It's not a card that we wanted [...]
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 a bit of processing, we're back in the frame of mind where it is what it is, and we're on [...]
We finally heard back from Dr. Liau last night. She said that the brain tumor board (that always seems weird to say) reviewed my scan yesterday, and although they agree there has been some growth of the tumor, it's nothing major. They agree with our decision to proceed with chemotherapy and get another scan in [...]
We received the finalized MRI results and the tumor has shown some mild growth. Devestated? No. Disappointed? Yes. We haven't been nearly as aggressive in the DMSO therapy since my last scan and in fact hardly did it in late November and December because of the holidays. It probably wasn't the best decision, but it's [...]