in other news
While at Mayo their research study coordinator asked me to fill out a survey, once again. No problem. I have it done and am ready for him to call me for the answers sometime in the coming week. I did this before and he told me the preliminary results from that research was that regularly taking allergy medication reduces a person's chances for brewing up a brain tumor by about 30%. Interesting finding but it isn't final yet. I'm not surprised, really. When our dog had cancer our vet recommended that he be given a daily dose of Benedryl to slow the progression. Granted, that was a dog and it was a totally different type of cancer in his case. It's interesting to me what answering a few pages worth of questions can dig up.
Talking with my oncologist at Mayo was good. She feels that things have gone very well with my treatment so far and she doesnt' think I have anything to be concerned about at the moment so - just keep an eye on things and keep on with regular MRIs. And if, somewhere down the road, my tumor does show progression she said there are many options of treatment out there. Thankfully I'm not at the point now where I need to think much about that but it's good to know that I have many options.
Talking with my oncologist at Mayo was good. She feels that things have gone very well with my treatment so far and she doesnt' think I have anything to be concerned about at the moment so - just keep an eye on things and keep on with regular MRIs. And if, somewhere down the road, my tumor does show progression she said there are many options of treatment out there. Thankfully I'm not at the point now where I need to think much about that but it's good to know that I have many options.