Started off our day at Charlotte Medical Center Union where we met with Dr. Trautmam and his staff. After the usual round of paperwork, we met with the Dr. who set up Tom's treatment schedule. We have a tenative date set up to start his radiation treatments on Wednesday 3/5/08. There seems to be a problem securing the chemo drug, Temodar that he has to take daily when he starts his radiation. I called Dr. Brick, Tom's oncologist and she advised that she would call Caremark (Tom's Perscription Drug Plan) and see what the problem is. Assuming that they can get us the Temodar by 3/5/08, that is our target day for him to begin his treatments. He will have radiation treatments Monday through Friday and take the Temodar every day. This round of treatments will last for 6 weeks. He will receive 30 radiation treatments. After he has received the 6 weeks of treatments, they will wait around 4 weeks and do another MRI. It is our hope that the treatments will stop or retard the growth of the tumor. Please continue your prayers!
Next we drove to Charlotte and met with Dr. Asher's Physician Assistant, Lauren who took out the staples and told us the his incision looked real good. (We didn't have a 2.5 hour wait this time, just an hour) Once Tom has completed his treatments and another MRI is done, we will meet again with Dr. Asher again to determine our next steps. We have an appointment to meet with him on May12th.
Tom held up well considering it was a lot for one day. He did seem to tired some and did sit down for about an hour once we got home. There is no holding him down though. As I type this he is unloading the dishwasher for me!! He is the most stoic person that I have ever met. At this time he is not in any pain, and we continue to pray that this will continue to be the case. His wonderful sense of humor is as evident as it ever was. We seem to find humor in the smallest things.
We want to thank you all of your prayers, meals, sweets and offers to help in so many ways. It is all of this that gives Tom, Mike, Sean,Tina, Anna and I strenght to face whatever may be ahead.
Love you all!
Tom & Lynne
Mike & Tina
Sean & Anna
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Glad to hear he is being his normal stubborn self! Let em know of anything I can do to help out. Let Tom know I will do the yard on Sunday and anything else he would like me to work on.
Love you guys!
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