Once again I had a four-monthly checkup with Dr Walker Today. This appointment was scheduled back in July, but just three weeks ago I had a minor stroke(see previous post), so it was an opportunity to talk about that and why it happened.
Dr. Walker suggested that the question to ask was "Is this related to the radiation therapy I had previously?". Of course, there is no way of knowing for sure but there is such a thing as Radiation-induced vascular disease which may have reduced the blood flow in part of my brain making it more prone to a blockage of the type I experienced three weeks ago.
Anyway, Dr Walker found no signs of regrowth and this is how my Oligo score card is looking now.
| OLIGO SCORE CARD | |||
| Birthday: | 7/8/1954 | ||
| Event | Date | Tumour-free years | |
| First diagnosed after craniotomy #1 | 1-Nov-93 | 39 | |
| First recurrance and Craniotomy #2 | 1-Nov-06 | 13 | |
| MRI showing signs of progression | 1-Jan-09 | 2.2 | |
| Second Recurrance and Craniotomy #3 | 29-May-09 | 2.2 | |
| Completed Radiation Therapy | 28-Aug-09 | 0.2 | |
| Started Chemotherapy with Temozolomide | 12-Apr-10 | 0.8 | |
| Completed 12 mth chemotherapy | 1-Apr-11 | 1.8 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #1 | 22-Aug-12 | 3.2 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #2 | 24-Oct-12 | 3.3 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #3 | 29-Jan-13 | 3.7 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #4 | 27-May-13 | 3.9 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #5 | 3-Sep-13 | 4.3 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #6 | 3-Dec-13 | 4.5 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #7 | 4-Mar-14 | 4.8 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #8 | 3-Jun-14 | 5.0 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #9 | 2-Sep-14 | 5.3 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #10 | 9-Dec-14 | 5.5 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #11 | 20-Apr-15 | 5.8 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #12 | 20-Jul-15 | 6.1 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #13 | 29-Oct-15 | 6.4 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #14 | 21-Jan-16 | 6.6 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #15 | 12-May-16 | 6.9 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #16 | 5-Sep-16 | 7.3 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #17 | 10-Jan-17 | 7.6 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #18 | 9-May-17 | 7.9 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #19 | 5-Sep-17 | 8.3 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #20 | 12-Dec-17 | 8.5 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #21 | 16-Apr-18 | 8.8 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #22 | 13-Sep-18 | 9.3 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #23 | 8-Jan-19 | 9.6 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #24 | 7-May-19 | 9.9 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #25 | 3-Dec-19 | 10.5 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #26 | 21-Apr-20 | 10.8 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #27 | 8-Aug-20 | 11.2 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #28 | 16-Mar-22 | 12.8 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #29 | 4-Jul-22 | 13.1 | |
| Watch and Sweat(wait) #30 | 10-Nov-22 | 13.4 |
