Busy week of testing and treatment! Scans were Monday, scopes were Tuesday, scan results today, and treatment is Friday.
In good news, yesterday his endoscopy and colonoscopy were 100% polyp free! First time ever!
Scan News is no-news at best.
Scan showed some growth in the tumor from the last one. A new tumor popped up by it too. The two tumors may actually be one u-shaped tumor, but it’s hard to see a 3D object on 2D scan slices.
Growth from the last scan is murky. It depends on how you read the scan slices.
(A CT scan takes multiple cross section images of your body as it moves down from head to toe. Slices.)
Hope is that this growth is just the tumors reacting to treatment by swelling. Last time the treatment worked, the tumors swelled too. Just not by as much as they might have now. 1 month of this scan period was before treatment began.
We plan to stay the course with the same treatment and scan in 2 months. This treatment is the only real good option. It needs to work.
Doc will be discussing this with some colleagues for their input and advice.
Bottom line, please keep praying hard. We’re trying to be positive, but are pretty scared.
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