The results from Mom's scan she did in Omaha yesterday came back today. This scan was to check the one tumor that showed growth about a month ago. And, that one tumor again has grown. The others still remain the same size and some are even smaller. Good news? Not really, but it still could be much worse. Because mom's treatment has worked thus far way better than the doctors ever expected, Mom's case will be treated differently than the doctors would have predicted earlier. Because her cancer seems to still be responding to the current treatment, they don't want to change the chemotherapy at this point, but rather, they are going to treat the one tumor that is growing. (it's best for Mom to continue on her current chemotherapy treatment as long as possible so she has more options as time goes on)
Her doctors are recommending she have a relatively minor surgery to have a procedure called Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) performed on this tumor. Here's a link for more info about the treatment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiofrequency_ablation. She will have a colonoscopy this week to make sure the tumor on her liver is not too close to her colon. There are a few risks/side effects associated with this procedure ... bleeding, pain, or obstruction of other organs near the RFA location.
If the results from the colonoscopy come back fine, they will schedule this procedure as soon as possible in Omaha and likely have an overnight stay mostly to manage the pain. From here, the plan is for Mom to jump right back into her every other week chemotherapy treatment and monitor the cancer.
Please keep Sharon in your prayers this week and next ... pray for the doctors best guidance and for successful results from the procedure.
