thanks for all the good wishes for today's appointment.
Was a good visit, told the radiation she went through for 5 days per week for 6 weeks in Oct/Nov killed/shrunk some more of the tumor. The MRI she had Tuesday, we reviewed a three way split screen of an MRI from pre-surgery in May, post surgery in Sept and from this week.
The tumor was greatly reduced in surgery, that was easy to see. Then the further reduction, we were told, was a good sign from the radiation.
The radiation, even though her last treatment was over a month ago, is still "working" and we were told it will reduce the size a bit more.
On to chemo, which is in a pill form, 5 consecutive days then balance of month off, then 5 days, repeat for 6 months.
I asked what the long term outlook might be, open ended question of more radiation etc.?
She answered that the type of tumor/cancer is is such a slow moving/growing and rare cancer and the treatments are changing rapidly - that the outlook is good, new different treatments are rapidly becoming available.
She also was optimistic that unlike in April when Laura had the seizure, the tumor, if/when it starts growing again, will not go unnoticed and get to that point again.
All in all, good news, we have a fantastic oncologist that is straight forward and optimistic.
Again - thanks for thoughts, kind wishes etc. It surprised me how they affect me. It is appreciated.