We have had a very relaxing summer. We have traveled to Arkansas and to Gatlinburg. We went crystal mining while in Arkansas and ruby and sapphire mining while in Gatlinburg. We actually traveled from Gatlinburg to Franklin, NC to do the mining. Then we came home to see the oncologist and have a CT scan.
On Thursday August 9, 2018, we went to Vanderbilt's Ingram Cancer Center again. Brian had a CT scan at the hospital and then we went to see a new oncologist. Dr. Johnson is the head of the melanoma clinic at Vanderbilt. The news he shared was not horrible but great either. Another spot in his right lung...very small...but there. Advised us to come back in 3 months for another CT scan. We were OK with that even though we were hoping for no cancer at all. Then we got a message from Dr. Johnson on Friday. He had called Brian's cell phone several times and couldn't reach him. Of course, we called him right back. The news he shared was devastating to us. Brian has several spots of cancer in various places in his body. Dr. Johnson wants to start treatment again. He will agree to waiting 8 weeks but not more than that to repeat the CT scan and start treatment. We were supposed to call him back today (Monday the 13th) and conference about options. Brian couldn't make it happen...maybe tomorrow. I'm not sure what our options are right now. We are numb. Here is the CT report:
Here are some pictures from our travels while we were blissfully unaware of any bad stuff.
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| Great guitar playing! |
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| Brian and Miss Arkansas! |
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| A ruby I found! |
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| Brian finally met Santa Claus! |
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| This big bear came to our hotel every night! |
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