Brace has cancer.....
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Sept 5th: Brace had his first severe nose bleed. In those 3 weeks waiting for surgery he had 30 nose bleeds during that time.
Oct 10th: Brace had nose surgery to correct the 2 cm hole in his septum.
Oct 12th: We were told that the found a tumor on the right side of his nose and they tried to get a lot of it but couldn't get it all because it was connected to bone and other vital areas.
Oct 15th: We were told the biopsy came back with a diagnosis of Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, SNUC, a rare and aggressive nasal cancer.
Oct 22: We saw our first cancer surgeon Dr. Luu, an ENT cancer surgeon. He did a cancer fellowship at UCLA about 10 years ago. Kjarstin and James came with us to the appointment. He is the Director for a Cancer Center connected to Mission Hospital
Oct 25th: We have a PET scan and then next week we will have an MRI and a CT scan at Mission to see where the cancer is other than his nasal cavity.
How is Brace? He is working every day. His current symptoms are fatigue, headaches, and eye pain and pressure. He looks great and is functioning. The doctor said he should do everything but housework. 
Since his nose surgery to correct his septum on Oct 10th his nose has stopped bleeding since they took out a big chunk of the tumor. They know it will grow back but it is a temporary stop.
Since his nose surgery to correct his septum on Oct 10th his nose has stopped bleeding since they took out a big chunk of the tumor. They know it will grow back but it is a temporary stop.
What are the treatment options? Radiation, Surgery and Chemo.
What stage is he at? We don't know until we get the scans back but typically the symptoms don't show until a late stage.
What are we doing now? Making appointments with other doctors for 2nd opinions.
Are there trials for SNUC? We are told that SNUC is so rare that there are no clinical studies or experiments for it.
Thank you for your texts and phone calls. Brace has been touched by how many of you have reached out and worked hard to find great doctors. We love you.
Please pray that they will know the right order of treatment. We are going to do a special prayer and fast on Sunday, Nov 3th.
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