36 days left

Thursday was my scheduled appointment with my PA.  My plan was to chat with My PA, tell her the plan and do a formal meet and greet with my new Oncologist.  The day started early and we headed downtown to Lemmon Holton for Labs at 9:15.  

My appointment was supposed to be a simple 30 minutes,  and ended up being a while after that.  During my meeting My PA popped out of the room to find the Oncologist and returned empty handed so to speak.  She proceeded to discuss that my Oncologist wanted to resume chemo just holding Avastin. ( this drug prevents the growth of new blood vessels).  New blood vessel growth is a necessity after surgically removing things.  After hearing they wanted to resume chemo, I reiterated that when talking with my former oncologist he told me to hold chemo until surgery happened.  My PA pulled out her phone and started texting him while I was in the room.  The result of that text message was that he agreed with what he told me otherwise I would have been told to sit in a chair and tapped against my will.

She went out of the room again for another try at the new Oncologist.  When she returned so did my new Oncologist.  We chatted with her for a few minutes and She seemed nice.  My PA informed her of the plan I would not start chemo until post surgery.  So they politely scheduled me with anther meeting with my PA and treatment to follow on Thursday Feb 29th.  This is 2 and half weeks after surgery.  I remember that taking place 4 - 6 weeks post op 10 years ago.  I'll reach out to the RN at my surgeon's office to clarify when they would want first chemo treatment following surgery.

I also got a message in my My Chart app to schedule my CT.  The date on that is Jan 29th however I wan't able to pick Lemmon Holton as the location and that is where I'm most confortable with the staff and process.  So tomorrow my job is to call and schedule my CT and then call my RN in my Surgeon's office.

36 more days until Surgery.

~Kent