Mother went to her oncologist today. He was pleased with how she looked. Her lungs are clear, her blood pressure is good and she is not in any pain. He agreed we should go to the radiologist and explore the idea of mother getting radiation on the tumors in her chest since the radiation had worked on removing the cancer from her throat.
If you recall this was always our plan. To see if the radiation worked on her throat, and if it did, we would have a "tool" to use against any other tumors. The oncologist also said the original tumor in her chest, which was discovered over a year ago, has not grown very much and is relatively small.
Since she has growths on her liver, they drew blood and from what they could see in the office, it looked good, but we will know more when the lab work comes back. This will give us a benchmark to work from in the future. We go back to the oncologist in six weeks.
We are scheduled to go see her radiologist in two weeks or so for her six month check up. When I talked to him six months ago, we had decided then to discuss in March whether to do further radiation. If we do radiation, it will be downtown where they have a special machine. And it won't be as many treatments as before. After we see the radiologist and decide the next step I'll let you know.
Mother felt good about today's visit. So did I.
take care,
Pat Bradley
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