Oligo Woe Is Me

So we first met with the head of brain surgery. This is one of those guys with the mahogany offices and is tops in his field. It was his opinion that the risk of operating and attempting to take this thing out outweighed the likelihood of a successful procedure. He had some fabulous images that showed exactly what and where the tumor is and what parts the functional areas it has wrapped into. Some pretty important parts. Comments and concerns of loss of speech and potential paralysis of one or more physical appendages had a play in those risks. He did suggest that not doing surgery at this point does not eliminate the possibility in the future should chemo and radiation not have enough favorable results on things. It just that the risk at this stage does not warrant the action of trying to get fancy.  There’s one more opinion to add to the list.

Next appointment is at 2:30 with the head of neuro-oncology who will discuss with us his perspective and opinion on the best approach to treatment. And then sometime in the next week to ten days the process will begin. If anyone knows where I can find a reasonably priced Flock Of Seagulls wig, please let me know.

More later…

Part 2

Didn’t get to the hotel until 7pm.  Dog tired.  The blog is gonna have to wait.  There’s about 34 more chapters anyway, and 32 of them are still absorbing into my grey matter.  So I’ll just say goodnight for now.

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In this blog category I’ll attempt to share what has happened, what findings we get, and how we’ll plan to proceed.  Theres already so much.  Don’t feel like writing it out just yet.