The PET scan shows that there is still cancer lesion there and that is has shrunk a little, but not as much as she had hoped although she's positive that we'll get it in the end.
The bad news is no remission for me just yet. The good news however is the plan remains the same with one small change at the end.
Finish chemo Wed/Thurs this week
Mobilise stem cells for collection 1st December at RNS
Do stem cell transplant BEFORE radiotherapy, so I can look forward to Christmas time in hopsital! (originally it was radiotherapy in Dec 2010 then stem cell transplant Jan/Feb 2011)
Apparently radiotherapy can create scar tissue which could make it difficult for chemo to get all the cancer cells, therefore Stem Cell Dr (Dr Will) suggested doing the transplant (which includes high dose chemo) prior to the radiotherapy, to maximise the chemo potential on the remaining active cells.
That's about it! And in Dr Harris's words "onward and upward".
Juice Bar for me tomorrow!
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