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Oncology Check-up / Making the Radiation Map / Brain Tumor

11/8/2019
Oncology check-up today.
  • Decided to start immunotherapy at the same time as chemo and radiation. This will help his system build his immune system. We will go pick up at Walmart before I start teaching.
  • Unlike chemotherapy, which acts directly on cancerous tumors, immunotherapy treats you by acting on your immune system. Immunotherapy can both activate a stronger than normal immune response in your body as well as teach your immune system how to identify and destroy cancer cells
  • Changed to a different nausea medication for the next round of chemo.
  • They said Tylenol is OK to take for his headache when he doesn't want a bid pain pill. They tell you to not take so many things, it is hard to keep track.
  • Called his referral to the Nuerosurgeon at Hoag. He only works on Tuesday/Thursday and didn't have many openings.
  • He has a lesion on his liver and they want an additional MRI for that.
  • Dr. Carroll took his findings to his conference (like a tumor board) at Hoag on Wednesday. They liked the idea of the immunotherapy and they wanted the brain tumor to be addressed.
Radiation Oncology
  • They made his radiation mask using his teeth guards. Brace said he felt like Darth Vadar when they molded it to his face.
  • They are working on the map this weekend and hope to let us know by late Monday on what day they can start radiation next week.
  • We got another referral to the Nuerosurgeon that works with Dr. Chou. They're at lunch so that might not happen today.
  • Dr. Chou and Dr. Carroll are thinking the tumor in his brain is not cancerous because it is not lit up and isn't close to the tumor near his nose and throat.
  • They are going to broaden the radiation to include the lymph nodes that have cancer evidence.
Thank you's
  • Folding clothes
  • Emptying kitchen trash
  • Ordering something on Costco online
  • Sweeping my kitchen floor
  • Amazing dinner Thai dinner last night
  • PIcking stuff up at the store.
  • Willing to paint my samples
  • Shipping my amazon projects.
  • Rearranging my voice lessons

No Doctor Appointments All Weekend!

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