Another Update

Ok.....so this morning I felt a bit better after my appointment.  Now, after the doctor's call, it looks like it could be the tumor growing again.  Here is the e-mail that Doug sent out.  He says it all so much better than me.

I love you all...keep praying.

Kim

I wanted to let you know that we THINK we got the better of the bad scenarios this morning.  Kim has developed what is probably a “vascular malformation” that has developed between her skull and the dura lining of the brain.  They think that during her surgery they may have created a gap in her brow bone that allowed what is essentially a sack of blood to penetrate through the gap and begin to grow from the front of her skull backwards.  Right now it is only about 2 inches long, but since it was not there before surgery they are concerned.  She does not have any symptoms and there is a chance that it will not grow any more at all.  She would have to have quarterly and then semi-annual scans to make sure.  If there is a the slightest hint of growth she would have to have another surgery, this time by a neurosurgeon to remove whatever it is.

There is a chance that it could be a rapid acceleration of her existing meningioma tumor.  Her surgeon called about an hour ago after consulting with the neurosurgeon. This doctor indicated that it would be rare that this very slow growing tumor would suddenly turn to a rapidly growing tumor when hit with radiation, but he has seen it and cannot rule it out. 

 

At this point the scan is on December 23rd to compare to last Friday’s and make a decision from there.  We should know more later today or tomorrow.  If anything changes I will let you know.

 

Thanks again for your prayers.