Please send prayers and positive thoughts our way!

We received news on Thursday (3/12) that it appears that there might be a lesion in my L4 now. There has been some discussion btw. doctors and radiologists about the results. My radiation oncologist (Dr. Nixon) is presenting my case at the tumor boards on Wednesday (3/18) to see what other radiation oncologist and neurosurgeons think. We will go from there. If it appears by consensus that it is cancer-we will need to do the stereotactic radio surgery and a kyphoplasty to the L4. We would not change any other tx at this point (I would not need to begin chemo.-yeah!).

If the team decides that they are unsure, we will wait for 2 months and repeat the MRI. At this point, we will see if it is still there or if it has increased in size. If it is not there, it either means that it was nothing or the tx that I am on now is working to kill the cancer. If it is there or bigger, we will tx with radiation and kyphoplasty then.

You may be wondering how the PET Scan was "clean" but this showed up on the MRI. Well, it is so small that it was not big enough to show up on the PET.

I hope that you all have a wonderful, happy, and fun w/e. It looks like the weather is going to be nicer and mild (40-50's) this w/e so we will try to fit in a walk and bike ride for Alayna.

Take Care,

Lisa