Short Executive Status (Summary) -- Blog is below

Active Tumors:
» 5+ liver tumors -- largest is 7 cm by 5.2 cm (70 x 52 mm), Gold tracers inserted Nov 21 for CyberKnife x-ray 3D movement tracking. Thu Dec 1st,2011, CyberKnife planning. Dec 16th, treatment 1/3 done to whole liver. Dec 19th, treatment 2/3 done to whole liver. Dec 21st, treatment 3 failed, couldn't get tracer alignment. Dec 22nd, treatment 2.5/3 done using 2 of 4 tracers. Final 0.5 treatment was to be done Tue Dec 27th. Cancelled due to complications and hospitalization.

» 12 lung tumors -- largest is 8 mm in size (0.8 cm)

» 1 lymph node tumor -- near left renal vein & artery of left kidney (1.4 cm). Nov 14th: Ultrasound done of both kidneys and bladder area, all 3 areas are cancer free.

» 3rd-8th brain tumors -- 6 new brain tumors. Sizes all less than 5mm(0.5cm). Some as small as 2mm(0.2cm). Full brain radiation or CyberKnife TBD in Jan after 2nd MRI to see speed of growth.

Inactive Tumors:
» 2nd brain tumor -- Killed via CyberKnife Sep 29/2011, 5 mm in size (0.5 cm).
» 1st brain tumor -- Killed via CyberKnife May/2011, was 20 mm in size (2 cm). Nov 21st, still showing brain tissue swelling, but not active.
» Original Esophogeal Cancer tumor (source of everything) -- Surgically removed June/2010 by 3-field Esophogectomy. Was roughly large egg sized.

[ Note: 2.54 cm = 25.4mm = 1 inch ]

5 pictures included in album


2011_11_16, Shane in BIG CHAIR



Link to 34 surgery June 2010 pictures and some post surgery shots.

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Shane - 2011_11_27, Photo Shoot lighting prep

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

CT scan results back.

Status:
  • Good: Pneumonia broke Sun afternoon. "Healthy" once again. yay.
  • Good: Ok to resume chemotherapy. Had my once per week injection today.
  • Bad: 1 week off because of low blood cell count + 1 month off for brain treatment + 1 week off for hand infection + 1 week off for pneumonia = I was only on chemo for 4 weeks spread out.
  • Bad: As a result of minimal chemo, Liver tumors have all grown about 1 cm.
  • Bad: Also as a result of chemo neglect, new tumor in lung has grown from 4 mm to 7 mm. Wasn't considered a tumor before, but its growth indicates it is likely an active cancer lesion.
Continue with chemo for 2 months, hopefully this time without interruptions. Then if this chemo isn't working, switch to different chemo drugs and keep trying.

End result... I'm not happy... The 1 month off due to radiation is why I didn't want the liver ones just killed from the start. It means things like the lung one can take hold. We stopped for the brain radiation and guess what... they all grew.

-- Shane
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