Alright, I met with my Oncologist on Thursday, and when he walked in and said "I have some good news for you," I had to reply with, "I like good news." lol My recent MRI came back as no change, that's good, I'll take it! I go back in 4 months for my next MRI.
Now, I ended up bringing up the issue of my bleeding first with my Oncology Nurse and then with the Oncologist. When speaking with the Oncologist, I mentioned to him my findings about the effects that progesterone had on astrocytoma brain tumours, because
progesterone is supposed to help my other issue I'm dealing with. However, my
findings were also that it may actually facilitate the growth of my tumour if I used
it. He said it was uncommon for one to affect the other and I left my meeting
with a feeling of "use at your own risk" regarding the use of
progesterone to help with my other issue and the
effects it could have on my tumour.
Well, Friday I came home to several phone
calls and a voicemail from him telling me that he did research yesterday on the
effects of the two and to NOT use it. He actually called me back and I spoke with him and he wanted to make sure I got
his voicemail as he is very adamant that I do NOT
partake of progesterone treatment. So adamant, in fact, that he called me 5 times Friday to make sure I
got his message. I'm really lucky to have Doctors that don't mind me presenting things to them and then taking the time to look into it themselves if they aren't 100% sure. Extremely lucky.
~Tara
