Planning for radiation therapy is a very interesting process. The basic idea is to send rays from different directions so all of them go thru the tumor and affect it, but individual rays are week so are not harmful to other body parts. This means exact directions become very important. To plan this, they put [...]
I am really touched by the outpouring of support from friends and family. More important are some concrete suggestions and supports that are coming my way. It appears that there are many alternate medicines. I was never big into these and really never studied any of those. My father practised a bit of Ayurveda but [...]
For a technologist involved in imaging, PET scan, CT etc take a different meaning when they do it on you. I developed a volume growing algorithm long time ago for CT images — with few researchers at UN Medical school. So it was really interesting to see CT of my own body. I am thinking [...]
After spending time with Drs William Miller (Oncologist) and Huan Giap (Radiation Oncologist), not the course of treatment looks more clear — subject to no surprizes tomorro from PET scan. The treatment will comprise of 6 weeks of therapy (first and sixt of chemo and the whole period of radiation) followed by surgery after some [...]
Dr. Matthew Brynson knows his stuff, moves fast and is very direct and compassionate with his patients. Sudha and I liked him and decided to work with his team at Scripps to get my treatment. I will meet other members of the treatment team tomorrow — Thursday — and will start the treatment ASAP. It [...]