An uncertain scan

Jen’s latest scan is a little ambiguous.  Her doctor at UCLA believes that there is a slight growth happening in the recently expanded area.  This was not a definitive call.  In fact, the radiology report reads as stable.  Her doctor showed us an area of the tumor that looks as if it is growing in a new direction.  We were both able to see what he did, but again it is slight.  He expects that the next scan will most likely show it to be bigger yet again.  He did tell us that it is possible that what we are seeing is remodeling of the tumor.  It is also possible that the next scan will be stable – there is a lot of uncertainty with these things and again MRIs are not an exact representation of what is going on.

Even if Jen wanted to pursue a clinical at this stage, she probably would be ineligible as growth from this scan would be a debatable thing.  Jen will resume the chemo on Tuesday night.  If there is indeed growth, the chemo is working somewhat or the growth would be more pronounced.  If the next scan is more indicative of growth, than we will need to change course.  In the meantime we will keep plugging away at potential clinical trials so that if that happens we can hopefully be ready with a few options.

Obviously this is not the best news, but it is also not the worst.  Hopefully, the next scan will be more positive and this scan will turn out to just be an imprecise picture of what may be going on.

We are still waiting on the results from the FMRI that Jen had done 10 days ago.

As to Jen’s decrease in balance and increased fatigue, her UCLA doctor does not believe that her symptoms would be from any new growth as it is so minimal if it does exist.  He also believes it is unlikely that these would be delayed deficits from the earlier growth.  He feels that it is most likely from Jen’s allergies and the various remedies that she pursued for relief.  Jen has been off of any allergy medicine for about 4 days now and I would say that there has been an improvement.

I will keep you posted as we learn more.  As always thank you for the continued support and please keep Jen in you hearts and prayers.