I had my appointment on July 15, 2010 with doctor who will direct my radiation treatment; everyhting went well and I was impressed by both he and the facility. Radiation will continue for 12 days. The first radiation treatment was today; from start to finish and including aligning the equipment took only 1/2 hr; really no big deal. 11 treatments to go.
I have picked up some new consulting work; drove up to Atlanta on Monday and back on Tuesday (800 miles). Work will continue for another few days.
I feel good right now.
Nothing much else to say.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
July 10, 2010
The appointment for radiation came through quickly. Will be Thursday morining (7/15/2010). H/O and hospital, at least, are quick.
Friday, July 9, 2010
July 9, 2010
Last Wednesday (7/7/2010), I went over to hospital and picked up a CD of my recent CAT-Scan and MRI and took them to another doctor to get a second opinion; he did this and confirmed that the lesions in my vertebra are myeloma. He also called this in my O/H who will be setting up a radiation treatment appointment; hopefully in the next two weeks. I still have no pain and generally feel reasonably good.
The radiologist who rendered the second opinion also suggested that possibly after the radiation treatment is completed, I should consider vertebrolasty (sp?) treatment. This is basically a grout job of the lesions so that they will be less susceptible to fracture. While there is no evidence of fracture so far, I do have several lesions and thus I am susceptible to fractures. The grout job won't cure anything or mitigate existing pain (which I don't have), but will just make the vertebra less susceptible to fracture.
This reminds me of the winter of 1977 when I grouted up a leaking dam in Maine; temperatures were 10-20 degrees below zero; it took 2 months but the leak was plugged.
Today is dex day so I probably won't sleep much tonight.
The radiologist who rendered the second opinion also suggested that possibly after the radiation treatment is completed, I should consider vertebrolasty (sp?) treatment. This is basically a grout job of the lesions so that they will be less susceptible to fracture. While there is no evidence of fracture so far, I do have several lesions and thus I am susceptible to fractures. The grout job won't cure anything or mitigate existing pain (which I don't have), but will just make the vertebra less susceptible to fracture.
This reminds me of the winter of 1977 when I grouted up a leaking dam in Maine; temperatures were 10-20 degrees below zero; it took 2 months but the leak was plugged.
Today is dex day so I probably won't sleep much tonight.
Monday, July 5, 2010
July 6, 2010
Good news gone bad:
In my last post, I blogged that my recent CAT Scan did not show myeloma; however, this was only the oral report; the actual written report said that was a lesion on my T-9 vertebra suspicious of hemangioma (a build-up of blood vessels and no big deal) or less likely myeloma. A MRI was recommended.
Well the MRI ruled out hemangioma and the lesion probably was a myeloma lesion. The next step probably will be radiation. Hopefully, a course of action will be developed some time this week.
I haven't had any back pain at all; in fact my myeloma has not been characterized by not any pain whatsoever.
I had my 15th Zometa treatment last Tuesday (6/29/2010); CBC's were all in normal range and creatinine was 0.9 (good).
We drove to north Georgia on last Thursday to work on our mountain house; I felt quite good; had lots of energy.
In my last post, I blogged that my recent CAT Scan did not show myeloma; however, this was only the oral report; the actual written report said that was a lesion on my T-9 vertebra suspicious of hemangioma (a build-up of blood vessels and no big deal) or less likely myeloma. A MRI was recommended.
Well the MRI ruled out hemangioma and the lesion probably was a myeloma lesion. The next step probably will be radiation. Hopefully, a course of action will be developed some time this week.
I haven't had any back pain at all; in fact my myeloma has not been characterized by not any pain whatsoever.
I had my 15th Zometa treatment last Tuesday (6/29/2010); CBC's were all in normal range and creatinine was 0.9 (good).
We drove to north Georgia on last Thursday to work on our mountain house; I felt quite good; had lots of energy.
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