Stable...

Good news - today's MRI indicated that the tumor has not grown so we are kicking off another round of Temodar this evening.

We had been a bit nervous about the scan - as many of you know this past month has been very challenging. For most of the last 3 weeks, Keith has been very weak and hasn't been up for much. He tires easily and snoozes off and on during the day. We have not been able to do much in the way of walking or occupational therapy. To make matters worse, he has also had considerable difficulty eating - most food just plain tastes bad. We have relaxed our dietary regime somewhat in search of something/anything that is vaguely palatable. The Baja Fresh Mexicana Burrito is one of the very few things he can manage to eat. We are working on the macro version!

So....why is Keith feeling so bad if the tumor doesn't look like it's on the move? The doc thinks that this is most likely a side effect of the heavy dose of radiation - and that we may be in for another month or two of the same. The good news is that the radiation had an effect; the bad news is that he may continue to feel (really) lousy for a bit.