Saturday, November 7, 2009

It has been almost five months since Tom Sr. had had his surgery for the removal of the brain tumor. Physical and Speech Therapy has been completed as well as six weeks of radiation treatments. The last MRI was done on Sept. 25th, in Salt Lake City. A visit with the oncologist after the MRI was a good visit. The radiation treatments did a good job and the results were good in the eyes of the doctors. The MRI still showed something where the tumor had been and they were unsure if it was still some blood, scar tissue, inflamation, or what??? Because they felt further treatments were not iminent at that time they wanted to give Tom's body a couple of months rest before making the decision about further treatments. The next MRI is scheduled for Dec. 14th with a doctor appointment following one the 15th. At that time the decision about further treatments will be made. Tom and I are trying to get back to "a new normal" way of living which includes serious fatique from the radiation treatments. The oncologist has said the fatique could last for up to a year. Tom has gotten back to playing 9 holes of golf a week, playing his quitar at church as well as "jamming" with a group at our community center. We are trying to be as active as possible without getting any extreme fatique which means good scheduling of activities throughout the week. We certainly thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers throughout this "pigeon poop"; prayers work and continuing of prayers are appreciated.
So this is Sylvia (Tom's better half????) signing off for now.