another appointment

We met with Dr. C today - our follow up appointment with the neuro surgeon.  It was relatively quick.  We reiterated the main points that Dr. M had told us:
1. another MRI to determine if more radiation was needed
2. radiation likely the next step.

Dr. C's reaction was "No - we can't do more surgery, I took all that could be taken out safely." 

His other comment was he was surprised they weren't going to do Chemo along with the Radiation (considering Stefan is young and healthy).

I had read somewhere that chemo is not as effective on slow growing tumours as it is on fast growing ones.  Perhaps this is why Dr. M mentioned chemo as a treatment option down the road.  Still - we're going to ask Dr. M at our next appointment about if double duty of radiation and chemo is an option and if we should be looking into it.

Stefan still isn't allowed to drive.  The original statement that Stefan had had a seizure was in the Burnaby General Hospital report (where Stefan had his MRI) - Stefan said he didn't have one (I believe him).  So - until Dr. M can sort out where the statement came from - Stefan still can't drive.  It may be the case that he can't drive until after radiation is over - and Stefan gets the go ahead.

Stefan is on the wait list for the MRI - they will try to give us as much notice as possible - but heard it can be notice within the day.  Our hope is it gets done by end of next week.

On another note - Charlotte's pediatrician's office called - we have a follow-up appointment on January 28th.  It actually stunned me a bit to be called by a doctors office before I hounded them - I've gotten used to being a pest, calling all these different offices and doctors every day to see when we can get in, forgot how it's usually done!