Has it been a month since I posted anything? I have been soooo blah about writing anything to do with hospitals, doctors, medicine, insurance...blah blah blah blah blah.
With that said we have new news. We heard from UCLA today and we have an appointment with our regular UCLA oncologist next Wednesday and a CT Scan before that appointment. Our oncologist has made us an appointment for that same day to also meet with the Chief of Liver Transplant Surgery (who is also the doctor that performed Mark's pancreas surgery). This doctor is very well renowned and we are so fortunate to have him on our team. This meeting is to discuss possibilities and options regarding getting Mark a transplant sooner than later. We are hoping Dr. Busuttil can assist in getting Mark's MELD score raised so he can be on the "active list" for people awaiting a transplant. Or another way to put it, we would hope for a transplant before the one we got goes kaa-poot, kaa-pesh?
I would also like to say a big thanks to our friends who came out to support us at the Relay for Life Walk. It was an emotional morning. Just the fact that we were there was upsetting for me. And during the opening ceremony's Survivor and Caregiver Lap I cried thru the half of the it as Mark and I arm and arm pushed the baby carriage around the lap. But at the end of the lap we were embraced by Anna and Michael. I had never been so happy to see two other people and their big, distracting smiles. The team we were on called us that following Monday to say we had raised a lot of $$$ and that many people came by the booth to check in and say they were walking on Mark's behalf. Much appreciated to you all for your time and donations.
We will update that blog after next week's appointments.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
ABOUT MARK
My name is Mark Andrews. I am 35 years old. I have been married to my beautiful wife Jenna since Nov 2000. We had our first baby, Jonathan Patrick Andrews, on Nov, 15 2007. I can't even tell you how great that has been. We live in Stevenson Ranch California.
Jenna and I have a wonderful marriage. We are very open with each other, great communicators and we love each other very much. I can't even imagine what it would be like to go through this without her. We are helping each other keep a positive attitude.
PANCREATIC CANCER NEWS
THE LATEST SCANS AND
UPCOMING INJECTIONS
Sandostatin Injection (Jan 18, 2008)
Islet Cell CT Scan (Jan 14, 2008)
Octreotide Scan (Jan 3-4, 2008)
CT Scan (Dec 28, 2007)
PET Scan (Dec 12, 2007)
CT Scan (Dec 5, 2007)
Colonoscopy (Dec 5, 2007)
Ultrasound (Dec 4, 2007)
Upper Endoscopy (Dec 3, 2007)
Chest X-Ray (Dec 2, 2007)
MRI (Dec 1, 2007)
Radionuclide Bone Scan (Dec 1, 2007)
Chest X-Ray (Nov 30, 2007)
Biopsy of Liver (Nov 30, 2007)
CT Scan (Nov 29, 2007)
On November 22, 2007 I started to feel ill. At first we thought it might be an ulcer. Soon after I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma metastasized to the Liver. At this point it has only spread to my liver, but is quite advanced. The doctors have told me I have anywhere from 1 to 4 years to live. I do have a chance of getting rid of the cancer or extending my life expectancy if I can get a liver transplant and surgery on my pancreas.
Search Our Blog
Custom Search
ABOUT MARK
My name is Mark Andrews. I am 35 years old. I have been married to my beautiful wife Jenna since Nov 2000. We had our first baby, Jonathan Patrick Andrews, on Nov, 15 2007. I can't even tell you how great that has been. We live in Stevenson Ranch California.
Jenna and I have a wonderful marriage. We are very open with each other, great communicators and we love each other very much. I can't even imagine what it would be like to go through this without her. We are helping each other keep a positive attitude.
Contributors
WHAT IS OUROBOROS?
The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. The notion of a serpent or dragon eating its own tail can be traced back to Ancient Egypt, circa 1600 BC. From ancient Egypt it passed to Phoenicia and then to the Greek philosophers, who gave it the name Ouroboros ("tail-devourer"). It has been used to represent many things over the ages, but it most generally symbolizes ideas of cyclicality, unity, or infinity especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end.
PANCREATIC CANCER NEWS
CANCER / ONCOLOGY NEWS
PANCREATIC CANCER DISCUSSIONS
THE LATEST SCANS AND
UPCOMING INJECTIONS
Sandostatin Injection (Jan 18, 2008)
Islet Cell CT Scan (Jan 14, 2008)
Octreotide Scan (Jan 3-4, 2008)
CT Scan (Dec 28, 2007)
PET Scan (Dec 12, 2007)
CT Scan (Dec 5, 2007)
Colonoscopy (Dec 5, 2007)
Ultrasound (Dec 4, 2007)
Upper Endoscopy (Dec 3, 2007)
Chest X-Ray (Dec 2, 2007)
MRI (Dec 1, 2007)
Radionuclide Bone Scan (Dec 1, 2007)
Chest X-Ray (Nov 30, 2007)
Biopsy of Liver (Nov 30, 2007)
CT Scan (Nov 29, 2007)
3 comments:
I remember the my first Relay For Life and seeing my sister's name on a luminary bag and the emotions--then only the next year seeing my name on a bag as a survivor and that was very, very emotional--and then walking the first lap around the track with the "people of hope." That knocked my socks off!
It just shows the stength through numbers helps and cancer smacks us up side the head to remind us how good life is and we should respect it every breath.
Dad, Patrick
The appointment coming up sounds really encouraging. I forgot to ask...is there any reason why they can't do a partial transplant using a live doner? Just curious.
So glad the walk was such a success. I wish I could have been there with you.
Love, Mom
praying for good news on you next appointment.you and your family are always in my prayers.
Post a Comment