Monthly Archives: September 2011

Done with Cyber-Knife

  Done: I had the last of the three days of radiation treatments yesterday.  No nausea, thankfully. So I don’t have to go back, only for a CT scan in 3 months.  I am ready to be done, if God … Continue reading

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First cyber-knife treatment

The first CK treatment yesterday went ok. There was only slight nausea for an hour afterward. It was painless physically, but I was mentally ready to get off that table after being shot at 130 times in the 45 minutes. … Continue reading

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Lungs

Preparation: Terri and I met with the doctors yesterday at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, KS, and they explained the procedure for Friday’s robotic radiation. I asked if this could cause more pancreatitis and he said they had not seen … Continue reading

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Treatments To Begin

Pancreatitis: By the good hand of God, much of the sickness and pain from the pancreatitis lifted early Sunday morning and I was able to go to the meeting.  I am still purposing to eat as much liquids as I … Continue reading

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Health Update – 9/18

I quit eating yesterday and I think that is why I have some pancreatitis relief.  I don’t know what to make of the sudden fever, chills and nausea that came yesterday morning, but most of it lifted in the night. … Continue reading

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Cyber-Knife to begin

Hello, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, KS, called to say they would run the simulation this coming Tuesday and build the body support to hold me still.  Then a week from today would be the first of the three radiation … Continue reading

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Gold Specks Installed / Pancreatitis Continues

Terri, Bethany, and I made the trip to Menorah Medical Center today.  They installed via needle two gold target specks in the pancreas tumor and two in the liver, meanwhile taking a biopsy of the spot in the liver to … Continue reading

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Scanner update

Called this morning — too sick to go.  Later they called me for rescheduling and mentioned the machine was not fixed yet.

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health update – 2nd appointment for gold specks

Dear folks, I should say that due to the remaining gut pain and back pain since the TUE clogged stent, I had to call early FRI and postpone.  They called back to reschedule for TUE and said the scanner was … Continue reading

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update — scanner

Broke down: The placement of the gold specks by needles is under the guidance of the CT scanner. They got me on the table today to run me in and the machine broke down — the table would not move. … Continue reading

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