Closing in on Round 1

6 More days of Radiation until Round 1 is done.

Dr. Hansen and I discussed the "sunburn" and it's not bad enough that we think we need to take a pause so we're going to push through until next Wednesday, the original goal date.

My blood numbers are very good and so we're not too worried about the Chemo right now. I do have some fatigue and it gets steadily worse each week, but once we reach the peak next week it should start getting better!

Dr. Hansen and Dr. Chang are discussing options for a surgeon. We think the surgery to remove whatever is left of the tumor will be around 4 weeks after next Wednesday. (Sometime between 4 and 6 weeks, but Dr. Hansen indicated he would like to see it happen closer to 4 weeks). So that's about March 25 or so...mark your calendars :)

Pray that we would find a very skilled surgeon who has done this type of surgery many times previously. This one is going to be a bit tricky because of proximity to the end of the track (which we want to keep around if possible!!...although right now sometimes I think pooping in a bag might not be such a bad thing...I'm sure later I will feel differently).