It's been a few months........

since the last post and I have a little discouraging news. The tumor on my lung, that was taken care of by chemo, has reappeared in the same place. Don't be too glum chum there are a couple of bright spots. The tumor is a fraction smaller, the activity is quite a bit less than the first one,it came back in the same spot, and best of all there isn't any other cancer in my body. Discussing my options with Mary and Dr. Chen, my oncologist, I have made the decision to have surgery to remove the tumor. Dr. Chen explained that although she could give me two more doses of chemo it would not benefit me. Another option would have been radiation treatment that would take care of it. But,,,,, there's always a but thrown in there, if it were to come back and I had surgery it would be a longer healing process than just having surgery right off the bat. The procedure will be handled by Dr. Pei Tsau who is a cardiothoracic surgeon that graduated from the University of Arizona. She's another one of my doctors that tells it like it is and doesn't mince words. The surgery consists of three small incisions on my right side, collapsing the lung, making a V cut in the lung and removing the tumor. The tumor will be sent to the pathologist and if it comes back that it is the same as what was in my neck two years ago they inflate the lung and close the incisions. If it is something else they will remove the entire lower lobe of my right lung. Don't fret, I have two other lobes on that side. Recuperation time is anywhere from two to four weeks. Of that four to seven days will be in the hospital. Again thanks to all for your support through this. Mary, Stephen, Alanna, and myself appreciate it.