2 YEARS LATER AND IT AIN'T GOOD

Two years ago today Terry was admitted to the hospital for high dose chemo and to get her stem cell transplant on 12/16/09. Things were going along as planned! Looking back over the past 24 months not everything went "according to Hoyle" and now we're back with more problems.
I guess you could call this the week from hell.
Monday started with two biopsies, one from her sinus cavity and another from a growth on her palate. Those went fairly smoothly and we are waiting for her biopsy report. However we were told that she could ooze blood from her nostril for up to 2 weeks.
Tuesday was a shocker, Terry saw her Oncologist and he told us that her cancer has crossed into the lining of her brain and possibly her spinal cord. He stopped all chemo, made a very quick appointment with Radiation Oncology and informed us that radiation is now the treatment of choice to be followed by trial medications. It is evident that the chemo drugs she had been taking no longer were effective.
Wednesday was loooooong. 9AM see the Radiation Oncologist. We were there until 11:30 AM. He assured us that radiation was the way to go. Myeloma in the brain is extremely rare, but not unheard of. She will be on radiation every weekday for the next 5 weeks. At 1:30 Terry started her first dose of radiation. At 2:30 we saw the neurosurgeon who agreed with everything that was going on for treatment. The good news is that he will not be doing a biopsy of her brain. He does want to do a spinal tap which has to be scheduled. After the radiation therapy is done, he will want to put a port in her skull in order to be able to test her spinal fluid and to administer future drug therapy She was in his office until 3:45.
5PM it was off to the hospital for another MRI, this time the spine. That visit lasted until 8 PM. What a lousy day! It was long, Terry was beat! And now she has another fight against this relentless and lousy disease.
A couple things you should all know about Terry. She is tough, she is a fighter, she has an unbelievable faith in God, she will get better and she has a huge number of people praying for her. You can never have enough prayers and hope.