Let me start by sharing the news of Dad's last MRI- it did not indicate any tumor growth or any stroke. We are on cloud 9! After lots of discussions, we decided to stop the IV (Avastin) treatment for right now. Dr. Fleener had a great way of giving us her opinion on the treatment and Dad's cancer, and she also said that sometimes we get divine intervention, sometimes something happens that makes us re-think our current plan- and I think Dad's mini-stroke was just that. The Avastin can cause strokes, both mini-strokes and massive strokes, and although the MRI did not show a mini-stroke, Dr. Fleener feels as though Dad did have one. The fear of a massive stroke in his future is too devastating to us, since we've come so far in Dad's brain cancer journey.
So the chemo will continue, and the MRI's a bit more frequent to monitor the changes in treatment, but overall Dad is feeling great! We are so incredibly blessed!
Side Note: Run For The Rose is just a few days away and there is still time to join our team or make a donation to help support Brain Cancer research!
http://runfortherose.racepartner.com/run-for-the-rose/bthobraincancer
Thank you all for the continued love and prayers, and thanks for helping us BTHO Brain Cancer!
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