The head doctor said today(Monday) he did not understand or know
what happened to my tumor but if you look at it as a speedometer - the normal
speed that the cells in my type of cancer split is between 25 and 50 miles per
hour. However, for some unknown reason
mine is going at 1 (one) mile per hour.
He
said the early report of the DNA testing showed that my cancer had mutated to a
cancer that matches the DNA in breast cancer. With that being the case
they can fight this cancer with the same medicine that they use for breast
cancer. It is expensive and the insurance company will fight it but he
told us that eventually they will come thru and OK it. However, that may
take a month.
He also said that almost all of the tumor they removed was
dead. Not completely but almost all of
it. He added that if they would have
known that it was as dead as it was they would not have operated. He told us they had checked and rechecked everything
and there was no sign that it was dead.
He also said that after the new chemo they might be able to
go into the new tumors and “spot weld” them - so it would seem that at this
time another operation is not completely out of the question.
He made the statement several times that he did not know or
understand why the above things happened but they did.
Glioblastoma
is still a very aggressive cancer and I do not know what is ahead for me but
praise God for HIS help and answer to so many prayers. When the surgery was over
last week the surgeon said he thought he had gotten at least 80-85 percent of
the tumor but that two other spots had been found. He said that surgery
for the new spots was out of the question. They could not be operated
on. He did tell us that a DNA test had been performed. My dad asked
him what we should expect in the future and he said it was hard to determine
what cancer would do and they were working on a lot of alternatives. He
asked about this cancer “historically” and the surgeon said I probably had 4-6 months.
The doctor on Monday also said that after the new chemo they might be able to go into the new tumors
and “spot weld” them - so it would seem that at this time another operation is
not completely out of the question in the future, if needed.
He
made the statement several times that he did not know or understand why the
above things happened but they did.
At an earlier appointment, we were talking about faith and he said that he was not a man of faith but a man of science. We know how the above things can happen because we know the ONE that created us. We know the ONE in charge.
At an earlier appointment, we were talking about faith and he said that he was not a man of faith but a man of science. We know how the above things can happen because we know the ONE that created us. We know the ONE in charge.
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