Tomorrow is "Graduation Day" from the Radiation Therapy. I met with Dr. Hansen today and he said everything looks great. He manually checked the size of the tumor and said whereas it used to be convex (protrude into the rectum) it now is concave and it just seems like some minor scar tissue there. This is excellent news to say the least!!
Dr. Hansen is also much more enthusiastic about me having surgery in the next 4-6 weeks than Dr. Chang is. Dr. Hansen has looked at the same scans as Dr. Chang and he doesn't think there is any reason not to have surgery.
Well, I meet with the surgeon, Dr. Lee, today at 2:45, so I'll see what he thinks. I'm sure, being a surgeon, he will want to do surgery...
This is all to say, we need prayer for wisdom in the decision making process in the weeks and months to come.
Dr. Hansen says the effects of the radiation will be "percolating" in me for the next 3-4 weeks and the "sunburn", fatigue, diarrhea, etc., will probably get slightly worse before it gets better. At least I will have the Chemo bag disconnected tomorrow and won't have to worry about that for a while!
Pray for SUNSHINE on Saturday!! We have another work crew coming and some of what we need to do is outdoor painting.
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Horray!!!! We are so excited that the news is looking good!! We continue to pray for you both. Tell you wifie that I love her and miss her.
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