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First off, here’s a freaky image!  I want to be this next Halloween!  This look at brain anatomy  is somewhere on my blog but I thought it would be worthwhile to include it in another post.

This really explains the delicacy of the primary motor cortex which is exactly where the two tumors I have are located. The original tumor that was first discovered in January 2007 has primarily affected the area at the top – functions such as the arm, trunk and foot. The second tumor that was just discovered several weeks ago has significantly affected my hand and arm which makes sense if you look at this on MRI.

This diagram is blown out into other diagrams. For example you can find a diagram that just focuses on the face. It’s amazing.

In terms of Gamma knife, the swelling in my forehead has subsided.  It basically drops down from your forehead to your eyes and then into your cheeks.  At one point it was just above my eyebrows and Rachael said I looked like a Vulcan!  I did! It was like a huge ridge that went from one side of my face to the other.  My good looks were just starting though. Next, it dropped into my eyes and I look like I got punched out in a bar. Woo hoo! A cancer patient brawing in bars.  I walked out into the family room one morning and my son Aidan looked at me and said “you look different dad – have you looked in the mirror?”  Nice.  :-)   Alas, it’s gone

I’ve had the normal nausea associated with taking VP 16 but Zofran really helps with that. Still a bit fatigued but that is much better. Over the weekend I was pretty tired but I expected to be.  Tomorrow I’ll be going in to me with my neuro oncologist followed by another Avastin infusion.  I’ll go in for physical therapy.

With the fun stuff, we are looking at a number of options for get-aways. A few local options such as Carmel, Monterey, and other destinations on California’s central coast are convenient. We’re planning a trip right now with Aidan but were not sure where. It’s a trip that will be just for the three of us since Keegan is two and Rachael, Aidan and I have never done this before. There’s a cool safari trip that we can do overnight - you take a jeep trip through a large open area – giraffes bow down and you can touch them and there are a lot of other animals.  Then you can stay overnight in a cabin that has netting and canvas so you can hear the animals at night.  I will take lots of pictures.

God bless

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