that's great to hear. And I second Judah's comment -- attitude means a lot.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:314179 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
