Thursday, December 14, 2006

1 year later...

Since the last MRI, Mark got a boost of the dendritic cell vaccine (11/22/06) and started his 9th round of chemotherapy on Temodar (11/29/06). Everything was going well, but he did experience small euphoric seizures on 12/01/06 and 12/10/06. He hadn't had any seizure activity since May '06, so it was a bit concerning. As a precaution, we went in for another MRI and checkup (12/13/06) and everything was fine. The scan was unchanged since last month, no swelling, nothing unusual and from the scan, there wasn't any obvious reason for the seizures. The doctor mentioned that sometimes, changes in the weather pressure or holiday stress can trigger episodes as well. Since we do have an upcoming trip planned, the doctor did prescribe some steroids as a precaution in case the pressure in the airplane causes headaches; however, they really didn't think there was a concern. As a side note, 12/19/06 marks 1 year since our initial diagnosis and obviously, Mark is beating the statistics and still LIVING STRONG! To celebrate, we're having a party this weekend with family and friends to mark this inspirational milestone. Woo hoo!

Coming up:
01/10/07 MRI and checkup