Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Story: Part 17: The Cancer Center

Terry and I arrived at the Utah Valley Huntsman Cancer Center at about 4:00 in the afternoon. We were thinking we could go see the Dr. and be home by 5:00 of so.... NOT the case. We visited in detail about the possibilities of these cancers. Dr. Nathan is very point blank, no nonsense. He tells you the way it is, good, bad or indifferent. The Dr. needed to tell us all options. Dr. Jennifer scheduled surgery to have a port put in, for the next Wednesday. The Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan was scheduled for the next day, Thursday. This scan lights up the cancer of abnormal cells like a Christmas tree. The surgery for the port first.........

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