(posted by Greg)
A busy week for Monica and I this week. Yesterday, Monica had to go the Cancer Agency .Lab for a urine test. Today we there again. We went at 9:00 for a Bev Treatment to be followed by a blood test. I dropped Monica off and went back home to get my cell phone (I probably could get away without it but find it helpful to stay in touch with the office and to be able to answer my work emails.). The trip home took me about one hour and I found Monica waiting outside for me when I returned. Apparently, the Bev treatment had been postponed (pending our Dr. visit) but we had not been informed.
We had nearly 3 hours before the MRI treatment scheduled for 2:00 p.m. We went to two local wool shops to look for some wool that Oma wanted. Just before getting to the 2nd shop, our car suddenly stopped. After about 45 minutes BCAA road assistance arrived and installed a new battery. After an unsuccessful stop at the 2nd wool shop, Monica and I treated ourselves to a nice lunch in a restaurant on W 10th called "Enigma",
After lunch we visited a 3rd wool shop on Main street (still no luck.) and returned to the Cancer Agency. Monica had her MRI and we were finished by about 2:30 p.m. The Dr. appointment was scheduled for 4:40 (he wanted to wait until he could review the MRI results) so we settled down for bit of a wait.
Monica received good news from the Dr. He was very happy with the results of the MRI which show things to be stable. Apparently, not many patients with tumours like Monicas survive to have a year's worth of Bev treatments. The Dr. feels that this is very good and, given how long she has been stable, he is of the opinion that Monica can stop the Bev treatments and begin a program of simply monitoring the situation with MRIs every 3 months. (He has only had one patient who survived Bev treatmentsthis long. This patient was taken off the Bev treatments a couple of years ago at the one year mark and is still kicking) Basically, he feels that, given her current stability, the risks associated with the Bev treatments are not justified for Monica.
As you can imagine, this was one of our happier visits to the Cancer Agency. For now, we have to continue to monitor Monica's condition but otherwise don't need to go back for 3 months. Yippee! (a Ned Durango expression.)
Tomorrow Monica and I are going to an afternoon symphony concert called "Tea and Trumpets"
Want you to know we read all your blogs, Greg & Monica. We just love how you honor your family and value your relationships with each other. We're thrilled with the recent news you've received and will continue to pray for further recovery and healing. Love you. Dwight & Bobbi, and family.
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