I hope this email finds everyone well.....
Today was an interesting and hopeful day....
We met with our neuro-oncologist at MD Anderson, Dr Prada. We looked at several options, surgery, clinical trials and a regime of Avastin and Radiation. It was concluded that surgery would be very risky at this point. Given that we just had surgery three months ago. Also, the tumor is close to what would be my right side mobile functions. Going into surgery we would risk getting too close to this part of the brain. We also talked about clinical trials. Some of the best therapies come from clinical trials. The problem would be, I would have to be off all medication for 4 weeks. Given the size of the tumor, this would be too risky as well. The third option, which she felt confident about and we do as well is pursuing radiation and Avastin. We are close to our 2 year window from the last time we had radiation. This being said, it would be in the clearance to do it again. We will do radiation ( 3-4) weeks and also do Avastin which is done with an IV. We don't exactly know the details yet, as we are waiting to clear and set it up with our oncologist in Waco. The other blessing about all of this, we can do it in Waco. We hope that this can all get set up in the next few days and we can begin treatment.
I am so grateful for all those that have joined in on the prayer list and been wishing to support in any way. The only symptoms I experience at this point is left sided headaches which go away with a tylenol or two. I have been put on steroids to help with this too. Which according to Dana does cause some personality changes. The only other problem, less severe, depending who you are, is forgetting names. So don't fault me there... I am trying.
Continue to pray for strength and guidance as we continue on......
David & Dana
Audrey & Parker
