Sunday, December 13, 2009

Michael is home and doing well. He has not gotten sick from the chemo this time. We will have to go for blood test twice a week and then to clinic on the 21st and 28th. The good news about Michael is that his MRI showed no new growth and that the surgery was successful at getting rid of the tumor in the liver. The CT is a mixed bag. It show a few nodules that have continued not to change. This is a good indication that it is just scar tissue. The bad news is a new growth was found in the lower right lung. It is 2mm and if it is not gone by the 7th of January CT they will want to biopsy the lung. They said that if it is gone then they do nothing. Then we begin our journey of waiting and watching. The oncologist said that Michael is at high risk for relapse. We would then have scans every 3 months and blood workup every month. The AFP test (cancer cell number) is a good first indication that the cancer is staying away or growing. He has to keep that number in between 0-8 to be in the normal range. Michael continues to show a number of 3.

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