Sorry I haven't been keeping up on the blog. We've had a lot of changes in my office and it's been a little stressful and I'm exhausted by the time I get home.
First off Eddie met with the physical therapist and she took one look at him and said he was not ready and she would see him in 10 days.
On Tuesday we met with oncologist. Two fantastic doctors. Eddie had one lymph node on each side of his neck test positive for cancer. That means radiation treatment. He'll go 5 days a week for 6 weeks. He'll also meet with a speech therapists, nutritionist and more physical therapy. He had to go see our dentist and have him sign-off for the treatment.
Good news is NO CHEMO!
Our dentist Dr. Oto and his staff have been great through all of this.
We were given three options for treatment. Two are different trails. Eddie choose this trial because it was less radical. The type of radiation he'll receive is call Proton Radiation. Here's a link that explains it better than I can. It reminds of something from Back to the Future movie.
"In proton therapy, energy is carried by protons — the positively charged particles in an atom. Protons are raised to a high energy level by a powerful machine called a particle accelerator."
Proton Beam Therapy
Monday Eddie has to be at Mayo by 6:40 a.m. they will make this mesh mask that hooks to the table along with some other tests. Not sure when the radiation treatment will start. I'm assuming soon.
Eddie is hoping that radiation will be done so he can get back to what he loves "Vipers and race cars." The new race season at Inde Motorsports in Wilcox starts mid October.
Maria is headed back up to NAU on Tuesday, August 21. Life will definitely be quieter around the house.
I'll write more soon.
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