Good to go
Hello all. I had my doctor’s appointment with Dr. Kauh and I found out that my CT scan was clear — unchanged from the last CT scan I had. This is good news and something of a relief, though, I was fairly certain that things would be okay. I did have chemo today and am feeling a little yucky, but that will pass. Again on the good side, I now only have 3 more treatments. My last treatment will be pushed back a week because of a family vacation; so my last treatment. It’s kind of ironic that my last chemo treatment will be on April Fool’s Day!
On the down side, I met with my radiologist yesterday for a check up. As I have indicated here, I have been having some difficulty with my insurance company agreeing that my radiation treatment is NOT experimental. It has gone so far that I have retained legal counsel to argue my case for me with the necessary organizations (in this case, the Office of Personnel Management, the entity responsible for overseeing the insurance programs for federal employees). What’s sad is that Dr. Landry (my radiologist) said that he is NOT treating as many patients with IMRT (intensity modulated radiation therapy) as he was because of MY case (he doesn’t want other patients to have to go through what I am). For those of you who don’t recall, IMRT focuses the beam on the tumor and minimizes the exposure to non-cancerous tissue around the tumor. We’ll see where this goes, but it’s a shame that Dr. Landry is refraining from using what he considers to be the best treatment modality because of the trouble my insurance company is giving us.
Just a quick update today. I’ll be back with more later. Right now, I’m tired and gonna head up to bed.
Merle