More Appointments and tests

We finally got all the doctors hooked up between the different locations and they have all agreed to work with each other to allow us to have Steve's treatments at Southwest General/Ireland Cancer Center with limited trips downtown and out east. We will meet with the radialogical oncologist on Monday December 31 at Southwest. Steve will have to have another CAT scan and be marked for ports for the treatments. Looks like it will be 4 weeks of radiation, one week off, then 12 months of Interferon injections. We have an appointment for January 2 with the Dermatologist downtown for an initial appointment and body check. Dr. Koon instructed me to "fatten him up" over the holiday as they are expecting him to loose weight. He has lost 9# since his first surgery so I will push food in him if necessary. I have never had to do that before so it seems strange to say it. He seemed pretty confident with the surgical pathology report that they got all the cancer, but the radiation is a precaution just in case there are cells too small to detect floating around. Steve was a little disturbed at first when he read the surgeons pathology report that showed a lot of breast tissue. He jokes now about being a man getting a masectomy. All the breast tissue was clear of cancer so hopefully it was all contained in the fatty envelope that surrounded the mass under his arm. He and I are very upbeat about the results and doing what the doctor said and have a Merry Christmas. We wish all of you reading this a Merry Christmas and will update you more as thing happen. To all of you who normally get a Christmas card from me, no I did not forget you, I just forgot everyone. So take this as your Christmas card greeting from Steve and me.