We have three radiation therapy treatments left, including today, and Mom's oncologist seems pleased with her progress. He said that we'll continue lowering her IV steroids dosage today and soon move to the pill form. Next week she'll get a break from the Temodar, the chemotherapy pills she's been taking, and later she'll move to a schedule of a higher Temodar dosage "boost" for one week per month.
All of this presumes a good outcome from today's MRI. Since she's nearing the end of radiation, it's time to take a picture of her brain and see how the therapy did at reducing the tumor. We've been looking forward to this week for a while, and now that it's here I'm almost as nervous as the day of Mom's surgery. We're anxiously hoping and praying for a good outcome, so that we feel okay about moving on to rehab.
Keep those prayers coming - we know they're heard!
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I am a nervous wreck today too. I want to see a pretty, blemish free brain today!
Now, I'm nervous for you! Good luck and keep us posted! I feel confident that the pictures will be very pretty.
Lots of love!!!
Brandi
Now, I'm nervous for you! Good luck and keep us posted! I feel confident that the pictures will be very pretty.
Lots of love!!!
Brandi
Our hearts are right there with yours...praying for a good picture!
Sending lots of prayer and positive energy your way. Love you Miss Judy.
We will keep praying until this is over! I am nervous about the outcome too, and I hope it's going to turn out GREAT!
Good luck, Mrs. Worrell!
Hoping for a good outcome!
Praying for a clear picture!!! Love you Miss Judy!
BIG hugs from the Terry clan. We're praying everyday!!
Girls,
Let us know as soon as you hear. We are all anxiously waiting.
Love, Luanne
We will - there's no news yet, and it's already 6:15 pm, so I'm guessing the oncologists aren't going to read the scans until tomorrow morning. (sigh) Clearly they don't understand how these things put us on pins and needles.
A word to the wise: If they tell you it looks like crap, don't do the same in your britches just yet.
My husband's post-radiation MRI looked A-W-F-U-L. There was so much swelling they could barely even read it, and then on top of that, there was a NEW 20mm mass. The folks at NIH were extremely pessimisstic, and then on top of how badly Bob was doing at the time, we thought it must be new tumor and time was going to be very bad and very, very short. Turned out not to be the case. The first post-radiation MRI often looks terrible, and sad to say you just can't tell anything at all prognostically from it. So be ready and try not to be too upset if it looks like bad news.
It's a good thing prayers don't interfere with planes because they would have to shut down DFW? You all want prayers... You got prayers......Nancy Sharma
That is a very good point Nancy! I never thought of it that way. I like that!
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