May 12th was the first followup visit after hospial discharge. We saw the radiation oncologist. He said that treatment for the brain tumors would depend on the type of lung cancer. If it was small cell, it would be whole brain radiation which could be done there. If it was non small cell it would be Gamma Knife for which we’d need to travel into the city.
I got some measurements while the Dr was flipping through the MRI & x-ray:
- Lung mass: 26.5 mm x 11.9 mm
- Brain tumor A: 12.3 mm x 13.1 mm
- Brain tumor B: 10.7 mm x ?
- Brain tumor C: 2.5 mm x ?
M’s back and arm pain, that he’d had for weeks, has disappeared since starting the dexamethasone. It seems that the steroid has reduced the swelling around the lung mass which must have been pressing on nerves.