Barry’s scan results came back and a new mass was discovered located on his T9 vertebral body. Which means he did not respond to the current/previous chemotherapy treatment. Barry’s T9 is where the original tumor stemmed from. It is rare that a new tumor or cancerous growth would come back in an area that was… Continue reading Update: January 24th, 2014
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January 20th, 2014 – CT-PET-MRI Scans
Update: January 20th, 2014 Barry had his scans on 1-20-2014 to evaluate the progress of the current chemotherapy treatment. He started in October 2013. The plan was for Barry to endure 12 cycles of Irrenotican and Temolozide.
Update: January 6th, 2014
January 6th, 2014 First order of business is wishing that everyone had safe and happy holidays. Hope the New Year is treating you all well thus far. Secondly we would like to apologize for the enormous gap between updates. With all that has been going on aside from cancer it has been hard to… Continue reading Update: January 6th, 2014
Update: September 15, 2013
September 15, 2013 As the weekend comes to an end the work week begins. As most of you know Barry had a PET scan done this past Thursday September 12th. He hasn’t received the final results as of yet, but from reviewing them with the surgeon it looked pretty good. There is not elevated activity… Continue reading Update: September 15, 2013
Update: September 9, 2013
September 9, 2013 On September 4, Barry received the news from his doctors that a new nodule was discovered on the CT scan he had performed that Tuesday at his follow up. T. After 3 sets of x-rays and than the CT to cap off the long day that was expected to be a short… Continue reading Update: September 9, 2013
Update: September 4, 2013
First we would like to say that we hope everyone had a fun and safe labor day. We apologize for the long delay in updates over the past 7 weeks. Barry has been super busy between juggling work, frequent appointments back and forth to Sloan Kettering for various scans, tests and biopsy. August 29, 2013… Continue reading Update: September 4, 2013
Updates: August 20, 2013
August 20, 2013 – Biopsy Results Barry received a the call from his “Team” around 2:00pm EST and the biopsy results came back as the following: 1. Necrotic tumor – (Dead tumor) 2. Necrotic tumor cells consistent with Ewing’s (Dead cancer cells) 3 & 4. Benign fragments of fibrous tissue. The results are good… Continue reading Updates: August 20, 2013
Update: August 12, 2013
We apologize for the long delay in updates over the past several weeks. Barry has been super busy between juggling work, frequent appointments back and forth to Sloan Kettering for various scans, tests and biopsy. We last left off informing everyone that a CT guided needle biopsy was set for July 25, 2013. The biopsy… Continue reading Update: August 12, 2013
Update: June 18th 2013
Hey everyone, we apologize for the absenteeism as of late, but to give a brief run down of the last 6-7 weeks of medical related updates. Barry had his 6 month scans done may 16th and a new spot appeared on the image opposite of the existing spot. The existing spot has been there since… Continue reading Update: June 18th 2013