So, I've got a bit of a good news / bad news situation going on right now. I went and saw Dr.Oza on Monday who suggested to me that if my CT scan shows that my tumors are stable, we should hold off on starting up the Avastin again. I was quite happy to hear this because I'd never really considered that to be a possibility. I went and saw my doc at RVH on Tuesday who told me that my tumor hasn't really changed...it went from 2.6x2.2cm to 3.1x1.1cm. So, after I confirm the results at PMH (back down again Monday with a copy of my CT) we'll make a decision then...

The bad news....I met with my urologist on Monday who, in a nutshell, told me that I've run out of options and time with my kidney. He actually had gone ahead and booked me in for a nephrostomy tube insertion, but I kindly asked if it could wait until after my trip, which he agreed to. He told me that we've let this go too long and that most people whose kidney looked as bad as mine would be in a great deal of pain...he suspects I've simply become "tolerant" of it, which is not a good thing to do. He also told me that if I wait any longer, I'm essentially going to "kill" my kidney - enough said. I will have that booked for me the first week of September...

I'm not too happy about this at all, but when you consider the options (losing my kidney all together) I guess I have no choice.

I'll let you all know how I make out next Monday at PMH and what's going to happen with regards to the Avastin. I'd love to hold off a little longer with it and continue to take these chemo pills, but I guess I'll leave that up to Dr.Oza.

Take care,

love Becky xx