Third Opinion

I forgot to tell you about our third opinion.

We spoke to another medical oncologist here in Chicago after we got back from San Fran.  When he walked in the room, I said, "Really what we want to do is buy you a beer and pick your brain."  He was a top guy who wasn't afraid to admit when he was wrong or didn't know the answer, AND he wasn't afraid to treat us like fellow investigators.  Eric and I thought he was absolutely fabulous.  Two things we took away from the meeting:

1. Secondary Cancers from radiation are real, and they do happen.  This means esophogial cancer, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, and heart disease (not a cancer, but work with me ... it's late.)
2. He took us in their super-secret, medical-personel-only, messy (yes yes ... messy) back room and showed us our CT and PET scans.  He's the one that gave us enough knowledge to start talking to radiologists which has been uber helpful (we now feel like we have a better grasp on my particular case).


He recommended .... no radiation.