I posted an update here on Reid's visit with the Oncologist on August 27th. This past week he had his appointment with the Radiologist on August 31st, and I'm feeling a whole lot better now about what was said.
The Radiologist said the mass had increased in size, but not significantly. She said that if there were cancer cells he would have lit up on the PET scan and he didn't. She feels that it could possibly be inflammation from the radiation or the way the CT scan was done. I probably don't have this exactly right, but it had something to do with the way he might have held his breath or was positioned for the scan. I know the explanation sounded good to me at the time. :) I do know she wasn't too concerned and that is what is important.
He is supposed to start watching his cholesterol because it's high and there's a chance that the radiation will have affected his coronary arteries, so he should be diligent about taking care of his heart from now on. She was pleased with the pulmonary function test. It was exactly the same as it was before radiation. It's no better, but more importantly it's no worse. He goes back to see the Radiologist in three months.
The Oncologist and the Radiologist have both now said pretty much the same thing. We're grateful that things have gone so well.
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Sunday, September 05, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Finito!
Finito! Finished! Completed! Done!
Twelve chemotherapy treatments are in the bag. Six months of feeling crappy for the majority of the time are over and done. Reid completed his LAST chemotherapy treatment this past Saturday.
While he and Jim were down at MD Anderson I went out and bought balloons. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any that said Congratulations, so I settled on Good Luck. Reid has a good sense of humor and I knew he'd find it funny, so Good Luck greeted him when he returned home.
The next day the balloons looked like this:
Reid joked that it wasn't a good sign.
Don't mind us. We all make sick jokes about cancer around here. It's our way of dealing with it. You'd probably be shocked by some of the things we say, but it's always better to laugh than cry, and knowing he's in remission makes it a lot easier to joke around.
Reid has been feeling OK after this treatment and has been able to eat, so we went out last night to celebrate at T-Bone Tom's in Kemah. Keith was in town for business, so the whole family was able to go. T-Bone Tom's is a Texas kind of place.
This is Troy and Reid eating Armadillo Eggs. They were an appetizer and weren't really laid by an Armadillo.
And this is Gwen (Keith's friend), Keith, and Jim. (I'm not in any of the pictures because I'm the official family photographer.)
Toward the end of next week Reid will go for a whole bunch of tests and then have his doctor's appointment on Friday. We should know more then about what's next. Hopefully, he'll be able to have radiation, but the Oncologist has already told us that he'll need to have a consultation with the Radiologist. Since his mass was so large there's a possibility the area to radiate might be too big. So, we'll wait and see. Meanwhile, the worst is behind him and things are looking better and better all the time.
Twelve chemotherapy treatments are in the bag. Six months of feeling crappy for the majority of the time are over and done. Reid completed his LAST chemotherapy treatment this past Saturday.
While he and Jim were down at MD Anderson I went out and bought balloons. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any that said Congratulations, so I settled on Good Luck. Reid has a good sense of humor and I knew he'd find it funny, so Good Luck greeted him when he returned home.
The next day the balloons looked like this:
Reid joked that it wasn't a good sign.
Don't mind us. We all make sick jokes about cancer around here. It's our way of dealing with it. You'd probably be shocked by some of the things we say, but it's always better to laugh than cry, and knowing he's in remission makes it a lot easier to joke around.
Reid has been feeling OK after this treatment and has been able to eat, so we went out last night to celebrate at T-Bone Tom's in Kemah. Keith was in town for business, so the whole family was able to go. T-Bone Tom's is a Texas kind of place.
This is Troy and Reid eating Armadillo Eggs. They were an appetizer and weren't really laid by an Armadillo.
And this is Gwen (Keith's friend), Keith, and Jim. (I'm not in any of the pictures because I'm the official family photographer.)
Toward the end of next week Reid will go for a whole bunch of tests and then have his doctor's appointment on Friday. We should know more then about what's next. Hopefully, he'll be able to have radiation, but the Oncologist has already told us that he'll need to have a consultation with the Radiologist. Since his mass was so large there's a possibility the area to radiate might be too big. So, we'll wait and see. Meanwhile, the worst is behind him and things are looking better and better all the time.
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