Went to Va for primary care visit. His NP (who is a very nice young man) looked over all blood tests and other tests unrelated to lung cancer. Diabetes three month test (A1C) was very good. Thyroid is normal.
He saw no reason no to go ahead with epidural for chronic back pain tomorrow.
September 8, 2007
Husband went for simulation and initial CT scan and placement of marks for radiotion therapy. Took about 45 minutes and will be "tweaked" on next visit after radiology oncologist and his staff - techs, etc. make decisions on treatment length and amount.
Dr. Randall seems very nice, soft spoken, and answering all our questions. He has not received the PET scan yet but looking over the written results and recommendations from the onocologist at the VA hospital he is considering treatments 5 days a week for 7 weeks.
Treatments are...
The Theraplan 3D Conformal Treatment Planning offered by Radiotherapy Associates gives patients the best of cancer control. After the patient undergoes a CAT scan, the anatomical information is entered into a specialized computer. The sophisticated treatment planning computer program helps define the technique for delivering high doses of radiation to the tumor while minimizing the dose to normal surrounding tissue. Your physician’s expertise coupled with advanced computerized 3D technology creates the possibility to control and cure of cancer with amazing accuracy.
Friday he goes for CT scan and "tatooing" where radiation will be administered. Hoping all goes well so he can start treatments next week. Sooner he does - sooner it is GONE!!
