November 2002 rediagnosed with a recurring tumor I am going to bring you through the whole fun thing
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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Brain Tumor History And Other Rants
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Friday, May 23, 2003
So what do you say we throw a little good news in the mix? So I went to NYC today to NYU I had to get my blood checked get an MRI, and see my Neuro-Oncologist. So we got into the city pretty quick which is always a bonus. Got my blood test, everything was high enough not to get anything put in me (I just have to inject myself once tonight, but I don't even mind that anymore). Went and did my MRI. Then I had a slice of NYC pizza, have to have that. Then back to the doctor. We went right in, gotta love that, no back up in the reception area. So I brought my current MRI and the doctor left with another doctor to compare it to my last MRI. So to make a long story shorter, the MRI looked good to him. What does a good MRI look like? I don’t know they all look like ink blot tests to me. I will take his word for it. What he did share with me was another report came back about my tumor. According to this report my tumor does not warrant doing a stem-cell rescue treatment (for more details on this it’s somewhere in the archive, but it is not pretty in a nut-shell 3 weeks in the hospital where the kick the s**t out of you, then 3 weeks recovery at home). So after the 4th chemo round which he stressed is a very high chemo treatment and the body couldn’t really handle more than 4 months of this torture. I am probably going to go on a very light oral dosage of chemo to try to keep the tumor from progressing. This is good news actually, no big crazy plans for more physical torture, just maintenance medication. Dig? So this is cool because before this crazy treatment after chemo was an option that was being discussed. I really didn’t want to hear about it.
My current schedule might be pushed back a week because my blood levels aren’t back yet. If my blood levels haven’t come back and stabilized then they can’t kick me with the chemo yet. They want me to be healthy before they hurt me!! Hey, I never said they weren’t nice people.
So that is where I am at. When will these 4 cycles end? Hopefully I will be free of this in early August is my guess.
4:39 PM
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