Great to hear about the attitude, Scott. Attitude is the most amazing variable in the health care equation.
I wish him the best of luck. Cheers, Judah On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanx, to each and every one of you. > > My dad has repeat scans yesterday. The results were a mix of good news > and not so good news. > > First, the good news. The main tumor in his chest was 'significantly > reduced' as well as some of the lymph nodes in his chest. The small > tumors that were on his kidneys are now gone. > > Now, the not so good news. The tumor on his pancreas is the same size > and the tumors on his liver are not only bigger, but there are more of > them. > > The oncologist gave him a few options, > > 1. Continue chemo, but use a different medication. > 2. Biopsy his liver to see if it is the same kind of cancer (this is unlikely) > 3. Look into getting him into clinical trials (newer treatment > modalities that are not yet FDA approved. > 4. Get a second opinion. > > Right now, my dad is leaning towards the chemo. Basically, the > different medication is the 'second line' of treatment for the type of > cancer he has. The good news here is that the side effects are not as > severe. > > I think the most significant change was in his attitude. While talking > to the Dr, his attitude changed from almost looking defeated to > looking determined to fight harder. He even sat up a little > straighter. During our last visit, he was saying things like 'I want > to fight' or 'I have too much to live for' but it seemed form his body > language that they were just words. Now he seems like he really does > want to fight this. I think that is as important as any other results > we may have gotten. > > The Dr wants him to take an extra week before starting chemo again to > giver his body some more time to heal after the last round - which he > said affected him really bad. > > When we got here on Wednesday (and each day since) he said that this > is the best he has felt in a long time. > > I will keep you guys updated of anything else comes up. > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> best wishes to him for a speedy recovery. stay strong. >> >> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> ...prayers, meditations, etc. >>> >>> Back around Christmas, my dad was diagnosed will small cell lung >>> cancer which had metastasized to his abdomen. He has received 4 rounds >>> of chemo and on Thursday he has his follow up scans to see how well >>> the chemo has worked. >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314178 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
