Update

Well what a long afternoon that was!

After waiting over 1.5 hrs for the first doctor to see me, we finally sat down, went through a bunch of function tests and then got down to business. The tumour is still present, even after surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The size of it is 4.1cm by 2.6cm. (in an irregular shape). The written report stated that the findings were "in keeping with history of Glioblastoma". In plain terms, I am the typical Cancer patient with this type of tumour. I guess what that means to me at this point is that have to still go with their current prognosis until we discover other findings further down the road.

So what happens now........

Beginning tonight (yes, tonight) I will start my next round of chemotherapy which will consist of a 5 day treatment plan at 4 times the dosage of my previous chemo. I will do this for a minimum of 6 months. I will be seen by the LRCC doctors every 4 weeks during this treatment. My next MRI will be sometime in mid-July.

Of course with a higher chemo dose comes a higher dose of anti-nauseant meds too. That means it'll be back to sleepy ole Ed for a while. That being said, please understand my requirement for sleep.

After my first 5 days of treatment, I will see what effect it has on me and then hopefully begin putting together a plan for the Disney trip.

So thats about it....tumour is still present...going to try fight it with more chemo....life goes on :)

Thanks to all who sent their well-wishes today ......it helped to put me a little more at ease :)

EJM68