First meeting today with Dr. Richard Baltz. Terrific guy, from Louisiana with a very lively personality that made this first meeting so much better. He said my prognosis was very good, and the chance of recurrence was only 30 to 40%. He said to improve those odds by 30 to 40%, he is recommending a 6-month treatment regimen of chemotherapy, every two-weeks come in for a 3-hour session and wear a personal infusion pump for 46 hours at home. I can do that...I think...
Next step, some lab work, another CT Scan to make sure nothing else is lurking out there and then we start. Oh yeah, did I mention he said they needed to place a "catheter/port" in my upper chest where the chemo will be administered? Now I'm nervous again....more next week.
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