18 April - Neurosurgeon Meeting Went Ok

Sarah had a brain MRI to check on her pituitary and we went to discuss the results with our Neurosurgeon this past week. Although we were worried that he would push for surgery to remove the growth there, it was a relief to hear that he wanted to wait and get another MRI in six months. The size did not increase as much as we initially thought because the radiologist included the pituitary itself in the measurement this time, and the doctor said the growth was not significantly "enhanced" in the scan. Based on this and that we've gone a year with relatively little change, he feels it is very unlikely to be a breast cancer met. So, even though we aren't sure what it is, it's not pushing on anything and Sarah has no symptoms -- we're comfortable (and relieved) to go with a wait-n-see approach for now.
Easter at our house was nice and fairly low-key. Everyone had fun and the Easter bunny was generous to all. I sang in the church choir for the first time and I'll continue doing that from now on as time permits.

6 April - Catching Up

I haven't posted to our blog for a while so it's time to catch up! Since the last post, we've been skiing to Devil's Head ski resort where everyone had a great time, we celebrated Sam's fifth birthday, and Sarah and I flew to New York for a little 4 day get-away while the boys stayed with my parents in Chicago. So, quite an exciting two months for all!
Sarah is doing well, although some new questions have recently emerged: a brain scan showed some growth of her pituitary tumor (only along one axis) and we are trying to figure out what we should do about that; and Sarah has been having gall bladder attacks which cause some pain after heavier meals. Based on a recent ultrasound there are no stones (or tumors) causing the issue and we're not sure it is cancer-related. Also trying to figure out what the next steps are for that. Overall, in our frame of reference that includes the life-threatening tumors in Sarah's liver last year, these two issues are concerning but not causing high anxiety at this point. For now, we will be confering with Sarah's doctors to see what the options are.