Terry Joe & Delight visited with the doctor today to discuss the scans that she took last week. The results were not good. There were a couple of new spots on the hip, a increase in the right lung, a small spot on the liver. The doctor said that the small spot on the liver was so small that he could not even test it to see if it was cancer. He asked her about her breathing because of the increase in her right lung. She told him that she wasn't having any trouble breathing. He told her that she will have to go and see a lung specialist if it gets to where she can't breathe. They may have to drain that lung. He was sort of surprised that she was able to work so regularly.
Delight asked the doctor if these spots were so small why was she having to take so much more pain medicine?? What is causing the pain?? He said that it could be a number of things..... it could be the side effects from the radiation.... it could be the bones rebuilding themselves. When she lays in bed at night a certain way it hurts. She showed him where it hurt and he thought for sure that was having to do with the bones rebuilding.
The doctor said that he would like to wait for a couple of months before they start back with chemo. He wants to wait and do the scans again in a couple of months to see if there has been any change. He did tell them that if they wanted to start the chemo up sooner they could if they were scared to wait. They would start it in January if that is what they wanted to do. This will be a different kind of chemo than she had been taking.
Delight is going to get a second opinion. Julie Fisher is going to fax all of Delight's reports to her doctor in Dallas. They want to see if he would be giving her the same kind of treament that she will be receiving in Texarkana. If he has a different idea Delight will go to visit with him.
They are really unsure of what the next step will be at this point. They will be checking with the doctor in Dallas soon. Right now they are just going to enjoy the holidays with their family and friends. Remember them when you pray.
Kaye
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Love you friend. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. Merry Christmas. Annie
From the past... I have pictures of you, Linda DeBerry and Debbie Butler dressed up like biker babes for a golf tournament. I will check with Kaye to see if she could get them posted to your site. I may have a few more that I know everyone would love to see and I am more than willing to share! Love you
Kaye let me know if you could use some fun pics for everyone to enjoy. A
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