For friends and family of Dave Page

For friends and family of Dave Page

This blog is to keep family and friends posted on dad's treatments and how he's doing in his battle with pancreatic cancer.



Friday, March 25, 2011

One more week of radiation

Sorry for the lack of updates - got a virus on both home computers (yikes!) and just got them back today from the Neosho Computers shop. My laptop is with mom and dad in St Louis, so we were offline for a while.

Dad's still doing very well - they were home in Seneca for this past weekend (didn't bring the laptop home unfortunately), then returned to St Louis on Monday. It was good to have them home (the dogs were very happy!) and I am sure they enjoyed relaxing at home.  We had fantastic warm weather.

Dad has 5 more treatments this coming week; Gary and I will go to St Louis to accompany them on the drive home, this coming Friday. They will be home for 4 weeks, before having to head back for a CT scan and one more chemo treatment. We thought he would have the CT scan in 3 weeks, but they said 4 weeks - apparantly, the tumor continues to shrink for several weeks after radiation. Then they will schedule the surgery - possibly for 2 weeks after than - perhaps the week of May 9?  It's been a long tough road for Dad but he is doing great.  The radiation department there at Barnes Jewish says he's making them all look good.  :-)

2 comments:

  1. Good to hear all is going well and the dogs are happy. Angie has a gallstone that showed up on utrasound last week. The weather here has been a little wet. Dave and Cathy will be glad to get home and relax. In the mean time keep the computers virus free. Its already spring. Love Ray & Angie

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  2. We're happy to hear such good news. We miss them here in Neosho and think of them often.
    The updates are such a great way for us to keep up. Keep them coming!
    Vera and Wes

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