Grandma saw the oncologist (a fancy name for cancer specialist) this morning at the WW Cross Cancer Institute. The doctor recommended a course of radiation (20 treatments) plus Tamoxifen for five years. Grandma's immediate response was she would not take the radiation treatments. My mom asked for more time to make a decision. The doctor was going to call us in a week and she explained that the sooner the radiation treatments start after surgery the better.
After my mom talked it over with Grandma, she indicated that she did not want to bother others in terms of transportation daily for four weeks. My mom told her that not wanting to inconvenient others is not a good enough reason to refuse radiation. Eventually Grandma agreed to the radiation treatments. She has an appointment to go back on November 26 to do the preparation work for radiation.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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