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In any event, Dr Flam says I should not take any more Cisplatin and if more<br />
chemotherapy is needed, he will switch to Carboplatin, which causes less ototoxicity, but<br />
not none.<br />
It seems like three possible scenarios depending on the CT scan.<br />
1. Best case, the posterior mediastinal mass is gone and there is no new tumor.<br />
The plan for this case is likely radiation treatment to the posterior mediastinum.<br />
2. Most likely. The mass is smaller, or unchanged but there is no new tumor.<br />
Continue chemo <strong>with</strong> Carboplatin.<br />
3. The mass is bigger, or there is new disease.<br />
Stop chemo. Look for an experimental protocol.<br />
In other news, we had a very nice visit from my brother and sister-in-law from Florida, Jon<br />
and Sandy.<br />
They took us out for dinner Monday night. The food was good, so I'm told. As good as<br />
could be expected, <strong>with</strong> loss of taste. On Tuesday, we had brunch <strong>with</strong> them and <strong>with</strong><br />
Gary, Dana and the three granddaughters. Then Eva stayed over last night. She leaves<br />
for 2 weeks of camp on Sunday.<br />
I hope to post again tomorrow <strong>with</strong> my results.<br />
Posted by David Shuster at 08:37PM (-07:00)<br />
Good News!<br />
Thursday, June 23, 2011<br />
<strong>My</strong> CT scan today shows marked improvement from the previous studies.<br />
By comparison, here is the previous axial scan<br />
<strong>My</strong> <strong>Battle</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Merkel</strong> <strong>Cell</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong><br />
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