Ryan had his first visit with the radiation oncologist today, Dr. Michael LaCombe, who is part of his SUNY Upstate team of doctors in Syracuse. Dr. Lawrence Chin was his neurosurgeon and did a fabulous job. Both doctors instill us with confidence and, more importantly, hope!! We head back tomorrow so Ryan can get fitted for his radiation mask. It should look something like this:
Once all the measurements are taken and scans are entered into the computer, a team of physicists will pinpoint exactly where the radiation should hit. Then we'll be taking Ry up Monday-Friday for 6 weeks of treatments. If all goes well, the only major side effect will be fatigue.
After the appointment, we treated him to lunch at Burger King. It did his mom good to see him looking so happy and healthy!
Ryan with his mom, Tammy
P.S. The headaches and stiffness seem to have subsided. Thanks for all the prayers!!!
Ryan did look Great today!! More than that tho today gave me a better Understanding and even More Strength to help Ry fight this!!!
ReplyDeletehey ryan, hang tough dude! hope u term that tumor soon!!
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Blessings,
tim
your 2nd cuz in ohio
Love that pic and so glad you 2 mended fences. Hoping and praying for the best possible outcome. If only it were as simple where Ryan could hunt it down.
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