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Subject: HI PEG


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Date Posted: 21:47:22 04/30/06 Sun
In reply to: Peg 's message, "Your MRI" on 12:13:29 04/30/06 Sun
 I was just saying to Mom and Aunt Nancy today that it seems like it's been a long time since we've seen you. I'm used to every two weeks or so.

I didn't have a reaction to the radiation, it was a severe allergic reaction to the seizure medicine (Dilantin)called Steven's Johnson Syndrome. My forehead did burn though from radiation and SJS made it worse.

To answer your question, no I cannot have more radiation to the brain since I had radiation to the full brain the last time. One can only have so much radiation in a lifetime.

After the MRI in June, I may be referred to a doctor at John's Hopkins to see if I can have something called Gamma Knife treatments. The Gamma Knife technology can be used to treat those who do not require immediate surgical relief of disabling symptoms and whose tumors are in general 3.5 cm or less. If I end up having to get the Gamma Knife, I'll explain in a later post how it's done.
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