The RFA treatment on Judy's liver was unsuccessful as was a subsequent attempt with a different method. They ended up removing the right lobe (half) of her liver. (it has since mostly grown back - a nice little trick the human body keeps up its sleeve). Then more radiation to deal with more cancer spreading. Then another 'Clean' scan with an asterisk. The asterisk, of course, turned out to be cancer. Surgery to remove it and her right kidney was unsuccessful - meaning, they didn't even try to remove it when they saw what it looked like. Chemotherapy was started. Just prior to that, a blockage was relieved with a stent. After the first 'round' of chemo (by round I mean about 12 weeks) they did a scan. The tumor was about 50% smaller. So round two commenced. About two thirds of the way through that, another blockage. Cleaned the first stent out and put in another one. Then a few days later, back to hospital to find out there was another block. This time in her large intestine. The blockage was due to scar tissue from radiation. Surgery was performed and she is still in the hospital recovering from that successful operation. We are hoping that she will be home in a few days. She's been in since Aug 8th.
Well, I think that is all of the 'major' things that have happened. After she recovers, we will probably do another scan to see where we are at and what further treatment options are available or necessary.
Peace,
Chris
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