Gamma Knife report

Hello friends and family,
Yesterday, Dec. 19, I had my second Gamma Knife procedure. Generally, it went well. I was the only patient they treated yesterday and was finished and riding out of the KMC parking lot at 1:30 P.M. Again, the staff in Gamma Knife and radiology is great. For those of you who are Centerville Noon Optimists you will be interested that one of the staff members has known Karl Frydryk since first grade. She says he is smart and helped her with her math. She also gave me his grade school nickname!

That was the fun part. The results of the procedure were not perfect. The more precise MRI yesterday morning showed another cancer spot they were not able to treat because of the position of the frame on my head and there were some other streaks they weren't sure whether they were of concern or were blood vessels. The nurse Diane told Roy I have a lot of blood vessels in my head - not sure what that means!

The follow-up will be another MRI in 6 weeks to see if the three spots "zapped" yesterday are going away and to see if these new findings are growing.

In the meantime, I guess I will need to be really busy! That shouldn't be too difficult with closing down the tree lot, celebrating the holidays, getting ready for Optimist Oratoricals and January financial reports, doing income tax and SKIING!

Have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Your prayers and good thoughts are wonderful,
Margaret