This means that the IMRT (Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy) for the chest lesion will be less aggressive than planned but will still begin next week for about four straight weeks. Once this is completed, depending on how Shelly responds, they will start more chemotherapy for the spinal lesion and anything else that might be lurking.
I'll keep you posted.
3 comments:
There are people who see a glass and say it is half full, and then others see the same glass and see it as half empty. I think those that see it half empty have little to no foresight. There can only be one conclusion and one only. THE GLASS IS HALF FULL...cause there is still liquid left to be sipped and consummed. Sure the FRIGGING MRI says there is another small spot. Okay,it may be a step back,but , it will get handled. Shelly you were in a much worse spot on 2/14/07...when we all came out to see you because there was a gloom and doom prognosis then....so what happened? you had the great support of your folks and loved ones and went through some pretty shitty episodes...and you are still here...and you are going to stay here and keep at it and do what has to be done so you can keep proving "them" wrong and emerge the winner you are!!!!You must refuse to feel any other way, I am your only Ohio Uncle,and I am old and been around. I was not the smart one like your dad, I was the "actor" and I see you in the role of a "survivor" please promise me you will think the same and see that there is still more in the glass waiting to be sipped, savor it and enjoy every drop..I love you honey, we all do and YOU CAN DO THIS, I am sure of it.Please hang in and do it for yourself and for all those who love you so very much. Unk E
Dear Shelly, I can't write with the spirit and eloquence that your Uncle Ernie writes but I can always write to tell you how much you mean to me and that I love you. I am not happy about what I just read. I am not happy that you have to go through more of this business - that you have to drive hours back and forth for treatments for the next 4 weeks and then think about other treatments after that. And I'm not you. I can only try to imagine how you feel. But I do agree with Unk E that you have surprised the doctors and all of us for two years. I expect that with the strength that you have demonstrated, you will continue to surprise us all. I'm sending you lots of love tonight, Alice
Thinking of you, I know what a long road you have ahead of you with the radiation. When you start you think you will never see the end but it comes before you know it. Here when you need me and when you do not.
luvu
Shelb
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