I was watching a movie with Tyler the other night. I was on the laptop and only half paying attention to what the movie was really about, but I glanced over and noticed that he was crying. I asked him what was wrong and it took about one second for him to burst into sobs. [...]
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 [...]
The results of my MRI showed the tumor to be stable since my last scan, which was almost 3 months ago. How blessed am I? This time spent off of treatment was great not only for a break, but so much better for my relationship with God. I loved it. I loved that when the [...]
For those of you who are on this site to monitor what kind of treatment that I am doing that may be helpful in deciding your treatment plan, I am now adding which treatments that I've been doing in between scans on the 'Health updates' page. You will be able to see the effects of [...]
I recently had a PET and MRI scan done on December 1st. Both scans are showing the tumor to be stable. Amazing news! We decided after the last scan to take out the chemo (Temodar) and just do the natural IV treatment that I've been doing over the past 18 months. We didn't really feel [...]