Dale met with Dr. Anne Tsao (chemotherapy oncologist). She does not feel that chemotherapy is necessary for Dale's treatment. She defers treatment to Dr. Michael O'Reilly (radiation oncologist).
Dr. O'Reilly met with Dale and Jackie and laid out a plan of treatment for Dale aimed at destroying the cancerous tumor! Dale will begin 7 weeks of proton radiation therapy at MD Anderson on Mar. 24th. He will have another Brain MRI (3:30pm) and a simulation mapping scan Mar. 9th at 2:30pm. The mapping scan will further define the exact location of the tumor for the treatments.
Dr. O'Reilly discussed side effects and future scans to access the effectiveness of the treatment.
Dale was very relieved to not hear "Chemotherapy" in his treatment plan and is anxious to get the radiation treatments going soon. They will temporarily move to Pearland for the duration of the treatment, with weekends in Victoria is Dale feels up to the travel.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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I'm so happy! Everyone be jealous, be very very jealous, I get to live with my PaPa for a while!
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