Radiology time

     With our last treatment in sight, it was time to meet the next member of my wife's treatment team.  Our Radiologist is on the first floor of the cancer center, a place we usually only spend a moment or two as we're dropping off our car in the garage.  This part of the building is new to us and we weren't really happy to be there.  This visit was very similar to the others at MDA, very bright and informed doctors with a better grasp on  our own current condition with systematic approaches laid our for our next phase of treatments.  The folks really are some of the brightest we've ever met; unfortunate for the way we had to come about for this meet and greet.  The skinny of the conversation was that we really won't know if radiation will be in our treatment plan until after surgery, which is scheduled for May 10th.  She was very assuring in that we wouldn't apply this treatment unless is was absolutely necessary.  I know, but Amy's so young and wouldn't it help for prevention? Well, it would, but only if certain conditions present themselves which can only be seen during surgery.  So we left feeling relieved and happy.  Yes, we may still have to cross this path, but at least we have a little hope to hold onto and if we do need it, so what, we were expecting it anyway.

     One last chemo treatment and a few weeks for recovery and we'll be moving to the healing phase of this visit to Cancerland.  Always something to be thankful for...