(posted by Greg)
Fortunately, I checked the calendar and realized that Monica's follow-up with the radiation oncologist was today and not Thursday as I first thought. I took Monica to the Cancer Agency for our late afternoon appointment. While we were waiting our nurse practitioner noticed us and arranged for Monica' blood test to be taken while we were waiting rather than on Friday. We also had a brief chance to speak with the chemo oncologist. In response to a question from me, he said that they are not planning to resume the chemo on a monthly basis for 6 months (as originally planned) because Monica's bone marrow (for genetic reasons) really doesn't like the chemo. He did say in passing that, in some cases, it means that the chemo works well against the tumour as well. (fingers-crossed!).
The follow-up with the radiation oncologist was fairly routine. He was however able to confirm that Monica's MRI is scheduled for October 21st . He explained that they like to wait a couple of months following the last radiation to help ensure that the readings are more accurate (because they are not picking up swelling from the radiation.
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