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 [...]
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, beaming out Peace that transcends understanding. You are surrounded by a sea of problems, but you are face to Face [...]
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 been doing and she was so supportive that she offered to put in an order for me to get a [...]
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 [...]
Chemotherapy has officially begun. So far it just feels like a fairly bad case of the flu. I really can't complain, considering it is chemotherapy, and it's only for 5 days at a time. I didn't sleep very well Monday night, which was the first night I started, so I wasn't feeling well much of [...]
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 [...]