Busy week ahead...

Busy week this week.  MRI tomorrow, Tuesday - first MRI in this post-operative period.  Have to be at the medical center at 615am.  On Wednesday we sit with Dr. Penar, my neurosurgeon, take a look at the MRI and see what he has to say about the surgery itself.  That will be the first time we've seen him since the week I was at the UVM Medical Center.  On Thursday, there's a long appointment with the radiation people.  They will fashion a face mask for me that will be used to hold my head firmly and stationary and in the same place for each of the radiation treatments.  I think we'll do a run through of what the treatments will be like and we'll get those scheduled.  What I do know is they will be for about twenty minutes a piece, five days a week, for six weeks.  When they will start, I do not know.  Soon, is what I do know.

Just as a reminder, we are doing radiation because going into this procedure we knew the surgeons were not going to be able to remove all the tumor tissue.  We all wanted to play it conservatively and not damage my optic nerves or any part of the pituitary structures.  Needless to say, Ann and I will know a lot more at the end of the week than I do right now about what we are looking at in terms of what needs to be cleaned up and how well we think we are going to be able to do that.  Best news today was confirmation that the tissue sample was indeed benign.  Yay!!!

Again, thanks for staying tuned in.  Your presence continues to mean a great deal to me.   I remain pretty much pain free and most of those stitches have fallen away.  Very unimpressive zipper now. And yes, I've set my alarm for tomorrow morning!