Flat like a Pancake

Brain cancer is...

...well scrutinized.

Good news:  Dr. Cloughesy agrees that the tumor site is stable.  Hurrah.


He also agrees that the muck on the right side of Darrell's brain, far from the tumor, is a little bigger than in the last scan. (Compare yellow circled area from last time to orange circled area from this scan.)   He says that the muck does not act like a glioma.  It's flat like a pancake and isn't where gliomas would typically occur.


He does not recommend surgery for brain pancakes such as this one under current conditions.  He is showing the scan to a UCLA radiologist to get a better sense of the muck We will email him tomorrow for the radiologist's opinion.


In terms of future imaging studies, Dr. Cloughesy recommends another MRI, but with thinner slice sizes (1 mm slices instead of our current 4 mm slices).  Such a study would give more detail about our mucky pancake. Timing of the scan depends upon the radiologist's word.


Darrell is feeling relief and happy to have a plan in place.


Thanks for all your good wishes!