11/2/09 Monday

Results of Mom's appointment today with Dr. Akilulu were most as we expected. The good news is that the area in her chest that was questionable is NOT cancer. On the other hand the place in her live r IS cancer. It is approximately 2.5 cm and only 1 spot at this point. Dr. A was more encouraging today as he said if the surgeon can remove the tumor from the liver successfully then they would treat to cure. Meaning 6 months of chemo after surgery. If the surgeon feels she cannot tolerate the surgery based on his examination then the other option is to "burn" it out by laprascopic surgery and then chemo for 6 months. The best survival rates are from those that have it surgically removed and then treat so this is what they are shooting for. Dr. A wants a PET CT scan done before she sees the surgeon. We have the PET CT scheduled for Monday 9th 3:00 and the surgeon on Tuesday 10th at 1:30 at Bowman Gray. Dr. A did say today that the quality of the Beckley scans were not good and he felt the liver should have been picked up before now. Imagine that! But anyway Mom did at least talk about the chemo and seemed favorable. Dr. A told us to take one step at a time and we would deal with chemo when the surgeon decided what type of procedure he could do with her. Her surgery would be scheduled in the next 2 weeks if the surgeon decides he can do it. More updates as I get them. Thanks for all the prayers and support.