This morning Dr. E, the neurosurgeon, removed the staples and said the incision is healing nicely. Then it was over to the hospital for the stealth MRI and CT scans. The "mask" to hold his head in position while undergoing the sterotactic tomotherapy was molded during the CT. Pete lay on the CT table with his head resting in a plastic form. The technician took a U-shaped frame that surrounded what looked like a piece of mesh. He placed this heated plastic mesh over Pete's face and stretched it down until the U-shaped frame met the plastic form behind his head and secured it there. As it cooled it hardened. This mask will be placed over his head and secured each time he goes in for the radiation treatments so that the beam is focused at exactly the same place each time.
Because the neurosurgeon felt that the tumor was causing seizures which in turn were causing the blind spot/flashing lights that Pete had been seeing, he prescribed an anti-seizure medication. However, he did not want to take Pete off of that med until he was evaluated by a medical neurologist. So tomorrow (Fri) morning Pete has an appointment with a neurologist and will most likely need to have an EEG. He will not be cleared to drive without this doctor's "ok".
We do not yet have a date for the start of radiation, but we have been assured that it will be sometime in the next week or two.
Once again, I'd like to thank everyone for all the prayers, good wishes and support you've offered us. Thank you all so much.
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