First off, I want to say THANK YOU to all that have donated to Pedal the Cause.. I've hit my minimum fundraising but I would love to go above and beyond! Training has been going really well and I'm contemplating increasing my mileage but we shall see! The link is below if anyone still wants to donate!
http://stlouis.pedalthecause.org/riders_profile.jsp?MemberID=79161
We had appointments with neurology and medical oncology last Wednesday, August 10th, which happened to be the one year "anniversary" of Dad's surgery! There was no major changes comparing this MRI with the last, however the second spot appears to be getting larger. Both doctors agree that it's probably necrosis, although there's no way of knowing for sure (see the previous post for more information on necrosis).
Although this part of his brain is looking a little worse, the doctors said we have to look at that as only a piece of the puzzle and not the whole puzzle. Perfusion studies (how the body delivers blood) show that there's not much blood flow to the area and Dad is doing really well clinically. Looking at all of those pieces, the doctors seem to be really pleased with how Dad is responding to treatment. We will continue the same course of treatment as long as the disease continues to respond. Our next MRI/appointment round will be in 8 weeks!
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