Met up with Dr. RO last week and it's decided - we're going with Plan A - a little radiation to try and eradicate the new bone tumours. A great Dr. - very imformative, straight-up with possible complications - like trying not to get any of my bladder or colon when they 'hit' me - and answered all my questions to my satisfaction and the big plus - he had on the nicest suit & tie - none of that lab-coat look! Do I really judge some of my Dr.'s by the way the dress - seems so!
Dr. RO is away for a couple of weeks now and I decided that I'd wait till he get back to get started as the pain is bearable so likely I'll hear of the Plan in a week or so. He says that probably only 2 treatements for now and then monitor via Dr. O by way of scans etc unless I start feeling any new symptons. Which of course I have in my upper right arm/shoulder for the last 3 weeks although nothing showed up on the bone scan so I'll deal with that at my next appt in a couple of weeks.
Want to share my fabulous evening out with Irene & David last Thursday. My nephew Chad is a chef at the Fairmont Pacific Rim downtown - quite the luxury hotel I must say - in the upscale Oru dining room. Each month they have a feature dinner item and Chad's creation was the feature for September and being the proud parents we are (!) we went to behold and feast on his creation. We were treated like royalty and spoiled with amazing food. We moved thru exquisite appetizers to dinners. Chad's dinner creation of "Five Spice Venison with seared pine mushroom, sautéed brussel sprouts with kabocha squash purée and venison maple jus" was melt in your mouth delicious and we shared this along with 2 other scrumptious dinners. An then dessert appeared...
I'll let the picture speak for itself - 3 of everything chocolate - very happy that Chadwick was working the desert station that night! We were served all our courses by the chef's - Chad, Head Chef Yvonne, Sous-chef Chris - and Executive Sous-Chef Murray stopped by for a chat - everyone was so generous of their time considering the party of 140 in the private room. I think the way we were treated that night is a testament to how much they like and appreciate Chad - we of course know what a wonderful and amazing person he is!
Running late now!
Have a good week my friends.
Oh Marlene, your dinner out sounds wonderful! I am so happy for you that you were able to partake in such a scrumptious night out! You must be very proud of Chad. I have never had Venison, but it does seem to be the "it" item on menu's these days. I will have to try it some time.
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you are agreeing to some palliative radiation. I did 5 sessions of it when my cancer metastasized to my lower spine, causing excruciating pain. They also did it to the base of my skull and to one of my ribs. I highly recommend it, as it seriously improves your quality of life.
Hope you had a good group session today. Love that you keep busy, and don't let this silly blip in the road that we both walk slow you down a bit! Awesome!
OH HOW YUMMY!! SOUNDS LIKE YOU ENJOYED AN OUTSTANDING EVENING. CONGRATULATIONS CHAD AND FAMILY.
ReplyDeleteYOUR TREATMENT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN AND I FEEL YOU WILL GET SOME RELIEF. LOVE YOU SO MUCH! CASS