I’m on the tired side and definitely a bit uncomfortable so
this post will be a bit short. But this
week will start a month of July that proves to be on the wild side so before things get too crazy I need
to post a current status.
The MRI results from last Tuesday were as I expected and by flagging cancer in several places of my mid and lower spine they provided an explanation for the back pain I have had since Memorial Day weekend. I was able to get an immediate
appointment with a terrific radiation oncologist, Dr. Douglas A. Fein (click here for his bio). During that visit I had a
grid drawn on me with magic marker and 10 tats were applied that will guide my radiation treatments. Treatment begins tomorrow and I will get them for 10 straight days. Dr. Fein is confident that I’ll have good results from
this. I told him that I need to be able
to ride my bike 20-miles on August 19th and he told me that won’t be
a problem. I’m holding him to it.
Amy and I also meet with Dr. Richards on Tuesday afternoon
to finalize the chemo plans and that includes figuring out the schedule. I believe that the VP-16 is administered 3 days in a row. Things are going to be fun for at least a
couple of weeks while we have to juggle both radiation and chemo.
The fun part of this, as Dan Nies brought to my attention,
is that I’ll either start to glow in the dark soon or I’ll be developing some kind of
super powers. I’ll keep you all posted
on which it is. I'm hoping for some kind of super power because that will be more fun then simply having a little extra glow.
Mintz’s Mentschen is currently in 4th place with
over $15,600 raised. Thanks!! We have plenty of time to make a run for the
top 3 places.
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