This Week's Update [9/6/15] - Summer Weather - Some New Treatment

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]

Hi All,

Tuesday we got the results of Steve's most recent CT scan and there is enough recurrence on his liver that treatment is warranted.  The good news is that because of the size and location, Dr. Friedberg feels it is a good candidate to treat with radiation instead of chemo.  Wednesday we had an appointment with a radiation oncologist who specializes in this specific type of treatment.  The process delivers a high dose of radiation in a localized area over a short duration cycle (5 consecutive appointments) and the side effects are expected to be significantly less than chemo or the initial radiation that Steve had.  Treatment starts on 9/10 and will be finished on 9/16.  After treatment is completed it will be several months to assess the effectiveness.

Tentative schedule is to have a follow up CT scan and get the results in early December.

The weather has continued to be very summer like with temperatures in the mid 80's and we've been getting in a lot of good rides.  We have had the best 10 consecutive riding days so far this season with 141 miles completed.

Today, we put the bike rack on the Subaru and headed east to catch the canal path at Genesee Valley park and bike from there to Bushnell's Basin (20 miles round trip).  We had a nice leisurely ride and enjoyed stopping to watch the boats going through one on the canal locks.

Miles for the week are 88, miles for 2015 are 2,379 and total miles are 14,633.

Take care,

Zelma