Yesterday Lynne & I visited the radiation oncology unit at The Canberra Hospital for an appointment with Dr H. Elsaleh. He reviewed my case notes and has proposed a course of radiation. What exactly the scope and outcome of this radiation treatment will be depends on the next CT scan that they will do today. My case was unusual and complicated, but he suggested that radiation offered the best hope of slowing the cancer and even perhaps curing it.
Ideally he would want to give me the full dose of 5 or 6 weeks radiation (5 sessions a week) along with continuous infusion of 5FU chemotherapy.
That could be timed to start when we return from Melbourne in mid August. So, this is a positive development. I was quite prepared to be told that radiation offered no prospects. Instead this is a course of treatment that might turn the tide.
Our timing was brilliant, because we were able to call in and see Peter Garas and his wife Leanne at the National Capital Private Hospital. He is in intensive care, and will move to the hospice today. Both he & Leanne were in better shape than I imagined.
Ideally he would want to give me the full dose of 5 or 6 weeks radiation (5 sessions a week) along with continuous infusion of 5FU chemotherapy.
That could be timed to start when we return from Melbourne in mid August. So, this is a positive development. I was quite prepared to be told that radiation offered no prospects. Instead this is a course of treatment that might turn the tide.
Our timing was brilliant, because we were able to call in and see Peter Garas and his wife Leanne at the National Capital Private Hospital. He is in intensive care, and will move to the hospice today. Both he & Leanne were in better shape than I imagined.
Canberra, Australia
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