Taken straight from Caringbridge...
Thursday, June 4, 2009 10:53 AM, CDT
Lonnie didn't have Phase III treatment yesterday as the doctors are really concerned witht he extreme pain he is in and have decided to try Radiation. With Lonnie not sleeping and not comfortable they have decided radiation would give him instant relief and can't wait for the chemo to work as it could take the chemo up to 4 weeks to take effects. They put Lonnie on a higher dose of Fentanyl patch 50 MG's but it isn't working either. Dr. Hung the radiologist from OSHU said he would send a referral to Tri-Cities to our cancer center and get him immediately started on Radiation. We have an appointment today to see Dr. Reeves to talk about pain management and then will go see the radiology department to make sure they received the referral and to get an appointment to start radiation. Right now we don't know much about the radiation but it will be given over a course of weeks and it sounds like several days a week. OSHU said he can then come July 15th to start the Phase III trial. We are hoping this aggressive course will stop that main tumor from growing anymore. Lonnie had me feel his stomach where the tumor is protruding last night and I could tell it has got bigger just in the past few weeks. LMS is not a cancer you want to "WAIT" and see what it does, it is aggressive and though Lonnie has been lucky to this point time is not on our side. It seems to have taken a more aggressive turn and we want to make sure it stops before it spread to anymore spots.I will get an update soon after we get radiation scheduled with details.Some extra prayers are greatly appreciate and needed!
Lonnie didn't have Phase III treatment yesterday as the doctors are really concerned witht he extreme pain he is in and have decided to try Radiation. With Lonnie not sleeping and not comfortable they have decided radiation would give him instant relief and can't wait for the chemo to work as it could take the chemo up to 4 weeks to take effects. They put Lonnie on a higher dose of Fentanyl patch 50 MG's but it isn't working either. Dr. Hung the radiologist from OSHU said he would send a referral to Tri-Cities to our cancer center and get him immediately started on Radiation. We have an appointment today to see Dr. Reeves to talk about pain management and then will go see the radiology department to make sure they received the referral and to get an appointment to start radiation. Right now we don't know much about the radiation but it will be given over a course of weeks and it sounds like several days a week. OSHU said he can then come July 15th to start the Phase III trial. We are hoping this aggressive course will stop that main tumor from growing anymore. Lonnie had me feel his stomach where the tumor is protruding last night and I could tell it has got bigger just in the past few weeks. LMS is not a cancer you want to "WAIT" and see what it does, it is aggressive and though Lonnie has been lucky to this point time is not on our side. It seems to have taken a more aggressive turn and we want to make sure it stops before it spread to anymore spots.I will get an update soon after we get radiation scheduled with details.Some extra prayers are greatly appreciate and needed!
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