CT Scan results

Dr. Wood called us today with the result of last Friday's CT Scan. It didn't show any obvious new lymph node involvement. It did however show that Dan has arthritic changes in his spine, 2 cysts on his liver and some emphysema like changes to his lungs. What a mess! Dr. Wood did meet with Dr. Lewis and the Rad/Onc doctor Friday and they all looked at the combined data. They also took the 2 CT scans and made some 3-D models. When they made the models the amount of lymph node involvement was greater than what they could tell from just the standard CT-Scan slices. Based on all this data and all 3 doctors meeting together its looking like Chemotherapy is what the doctors want to do.

We will meet with the Rad/Onc doctor the 22nd at 9:00. Then we meet with Dr. Lewis (chemo doc) at 3:00 that same day. If we are all on the same page Chemo will begin January 28th. Like I mentioned before its 5 consecutive days of IV Chemo then 2 weeks off for 4 cycles. The drugs they are going to use are called Etoposide & Cisplatin. There may be a 3rd drug.

Dan is pretty bummed about this latest turn. He was really hoping for only radiation but we have to do what is best to knock out the cancer. This weekend we went to the sport store and both bought Livestrong shirts and bracelets in support of Lance Armstrong's foundation. It was a pretty simple thing to do but it made Dan feel better and now we are both wearing our bracelets until he is cancer free!