A New Phase

10/29/2015

I want to thank everyone for praying for me. Today, I entered a new phase. Today, I learned the cancer has spread to my brain. The radiation oncologist was very positive. He wants to do radiosurgery—a procedure that will concentrate the radiation to the tumor only. They've had good results with this procedure. He was sympathetic to the fact that most of us think of brain cancer as being a death sentence; however, he emphasized that is not the case anymore. Except for the headaches, I'm not experiencing the normal symptoms of brain cancer. He believes I will respond very well to the treatment. He's hoping to be able to start the treatment soon. He wants to do another MRI that will show even more in depth views of the brain first.

If you know my sweet Mama or anyone related to her, please don't share this yet. She's still in the hospital and I don't want her to worry about me while she's trying to recover.