Feeling good during chemo week

Dad is three days in to his five days of chemo. To all of our surprise he is feeling really well. Hope it stays this way.

Dad starts 5 day Chemo

Dad got back from Mikeys wedding and took the chemo tonight. He did good on his trip to the wedding. Nausea and fatigue but nothing major. Decided to start chemo as soon as he got home. So far no side effects.

MRI review at UCSF

Meet with Dr. Clark to review scan images. She thinks they look good. She does not seem concerned about small area around tumor. She says we should do the 5/23 plan of chemo and should start immediately after Dad gets back from wedding.

Feeling good.

Dad MRI at St. Helena Hospital

Dads routine MRI is today. Slightly anxious but since he just had one a few weeks ago because of the seizure I'm not that worried.

Later in the day mom calls and says that Dr. Smith says the MRI looks ok. Something small in the tumor area is lighting up but who knows what it is. Abnormal area where seizure was looks normal now. Creates some anxiety amongst us. Will have to wait until next week when we meet with Dr. Clark.

Call with Dr. Clark

So, last night Dr. Clark called me. She said that she showed my dads scan at the Thursday morning tumor board meeting and they all thought that the abnormal area on the scan looks like it was minor damage from a series of small seizures. This seems to make sense and if it is true everything should heal and go back to normal soon. Dad is already doing a little better.

She is going to call St. Helena and up his dosage of Keppra.

Feels good to get some answers.

Still in hospital. More tests.

EEG test. Blood work. Spinal to check for infection. So far everything negative.

Talk to Dr. Clark at UCSF. Overnight her the MRI.

Still awaiting some test results but so far nothing major showing up.

Thinking its just bad inflammation that might be causing this. Clark says could take a few weeks to clear up.

Dad still in the hospital tonight.

Admitted to St Helena Hospital

Bad morning. Dad didnt sleep all night. Severely agitated. Yelling about how he wishes he was dead. Banging fists. Just all around bad. Now believe this is steroid psychosis. He doesnt do well on those steroids. By afternoon is hallucinating and hearing things.

Dr Tate sees him at St Helena. IV fluids, sedatives, finally admitted to the hospital. Later MRI.

MRI shows no tumor.
Inflammation.
Possible infection.

Dad still not feeling well. Still confused.