Scan results

Doc said the rest was stable.  I haven't gotten the actual report yet.  Radiology a running over an hour late Monday.  Yes, I am getting the Gleevec regularly for a while for a monthly copay every two weeks!  Expect to hear of a surgical appointment any day now.

Doc said the rest was stable.  I haven't gotten the actual report yet.  Radiology a running over an hour late Monday.  Yes, I am getting the Gleevec regularly for a while for a monthly copay every two weeks!  Expect to hear of a surgical appointment any day now.

While I was on the respirator i also had a feediing tube in.  Gleevecmcan be crushed and put in certain liquids if one cannot swallow it.  The ICU delayed the start because they had never heard of Gleevec for Melanoma.  My son bugged them repeatedly to call Dr Weiss in Va.  They tried to tell my son that you couldn't get a dotor on the phone.  When he bugged them enough and they gave the message as to why they were calliing, Dr Weiss immediately took the call.  My son, the stubborn ParaMedic, doesn't back down easy.  Dr Weiss also took every call my wife made back to him while I was out of it  in Colorado. 

I just found the chest tumor on June 6th.  It was not tender until then and there was no scar tissue at taht location.  I'. not convinced that it is melanoma, but still want it out to be sure.

While I was on the respirator i also had a feediing tube in.  Gleevecmcan be crushed and put in certain liquids if one cannot swallow it.  The ICU delayed the start because they had never heard of Gleevec for Melanoma.  My son bugged them repeatedly to call Dr Weiss in Va.  They tried to tell my son that you couldn't get a dotor on the phone.  When he bugged them enough and they gave the message as to why they were calliing, Dr Weiss immediately took the call.  My son, the stubborn ParaMedic, doesn't back down easy.  Dr Weiss also took every call my wife made back to him while I was out of it  in Colorado. 

I just found the chest tumor on June 6th.  It was not tender until then and there was no scar tissue at taht location.  I'. not convinced that it is melanoma, but still want it out to be sure.

Missed somewhere around a week to ten days (at two 400 mg pills a day)..  Would love to have copies of  my medical records from Colorado, but they want money for them.  Not sure when I will make it down agian.  I will hold off the horses in Florida until I get the mangoes.   Looks like I will "have" to go back to Colorado again this year. (They got rid of that horse!)  Having another grandkid due there in Sept.

Missed somewhere around a week to ten days (at two 400 mg pills a day)..  Would love to have copies of  my medical records from Colorado, but they want money for them.  Not sure when I will make it down agian.  I will hold off the horses in Florida until I get the mangoes.   Looks like I will "have" to go back to Colorado again this year. (They got rid of that horse!)  Having another grandkid due there in Sept.