It has been until today a whirlwind visit at MD Anderson. Or at least it seems so. We met with the Oncologist, Dr Blumenschein, on Wednesday morning after he had reviewed the CD's of tests that I brought from ABQ. He is really a take-charge kind of guy. Here, they believe the biopsy samples from the Broncoscopy much more than the petscan results. They believe that there is a good chance the lymph nodes are not malignant which would be good news almost beyond belief. We are reserving our total exhilaration until next Wednesday when all the tests have been done and will have met with the radiation doctor and with the Thoracic Surgeon. Dr. Blumenschein will then meet with those doctors and they will review their findings and let us know the results and their recommendation. He says that if their findings show that the plan should be the same as that of ABQ doctors, then there is no doubt but that we should have the treatment in ABQ.
Tomorrow I have some pulmonary tests that go beyond those of the one I had in ABQ., and they are to determine if I could tolerate using only 1 -1/2 lungs. If so, surgery could be the way to go because that is the ultimate choice. If not able to tolerate the 1 1/2 lungs, then chemo and radiation is the way to go.
We will learn on Wednesday, what the plan here at MDA is. And, if that plan says--go home to ABQ and do the chemo and radiation, then we will do that and still be very glad we came here to get the second and very authoritative opinion. - Stan
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