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Next Week

Sid's endoscopy to biopsy his tracheal lymph node is scheduled for next Tuesday. Then the next day (Wednesday) he will get his port. 

His oncologist, Dr. Nevela, told us the cancer board agrees with the plan to begin chemo. Sid could be starting that as soon as Wednesday (the same day his port is put in) pending the test results. He also asked Sid if he'd be willing to try a new approach to treatment that would include radiation after 4 months of chemo. Radiation is not typically used on stage 4 patients.  Sid asked him, "Would you do it if you were in my shoes?"  to which Dr. Nevela replied, "Absolutely."

Today we are off on a last minute trip to enjoy some quality time together. It may be a long time before Sid feels well enough to do anything like this, so we wanted to seize the moment.

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