A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum....

Well I have some more "Good News Bad News" this week. The good news is that I will be finished my radiation treatments sooner than expected. They were originally scheduled to start in December but they have been moved up and should be starting within the next two weeks. The bad news is the reason why they've been moved up.Last week I started to not feel myself again (as opposed to "feeling myself" which I must admit I did quite a bit of back in high school). Actually I started getting constant headaches, I was feeling tired all of the time again and I started to forget small things like walking away from the freezer and leaving the door open (small things). Anyway, I figured I had better get this checked out just in case. After everything I'd been through I now take the better safe than sorry attitude. I went to see my doctor on Thursday and let him know the scoop and he ordered an MRI at Credit Valley for me. I got a call Friday morning and they asked me to come in that afternoon.Once again I was strapped into my favorite machine and everything was fine for the first hour. Then they pulled me out just enough to inject me with the radioactive dye and it hit me like Oprah hits a buffet. I started waving my arms and telling them I was going to be sick so they ran over and unstrapped my head so I could sit up and get sick. They were nice enough to let me catch my breath for a while before strapping me back down and shoving me back into the giant tube. I managed to ride it out for another half hour so they could get their pictures and I left thinking "all of this for headaches that are probably being caused by the weather".Monday morning I got a call from my neurologist at Toronto Western and he told me that he would like to see me that afternoon. I went down with the MRI disk in hand feeling kind of bad that I was wasting everyone's time. Unfortunately it wasn't a waste of time at all (although I would have felt better if it had been). It turns out that what is left of the tumors are causing the cyst at the base of my brain to grown back and it is now roughly the size of a golf ball (still smaller than before). The thing that worried my neurologist is the fact that there was nothing there two months ago when I had my last MRI. What can I say; I never do anything half-assed.Well that's where I am at the moment. I should find out this week when the treatments start and then I'll be right as rain again. Thanks to everyone for the messages and calls. I'll keep you updated when I can after we take care of this stubborn little bugger.Cheers,Sean.