It has been much too long since the last update of Dana's progress. She has been very busy with her job and family, there was also little new news as she was doing a double dose of chemo and had an MRI on Oct 25th. She has been having headaches and some nausea. The results of the MRI shows that the treatments have been successful, as expected by the doctors, there is no new growth.
She will continue with a double dose of chemo for three more months ending in January 2012. At that time a new MRI will be done and Dana's brain will get a rest. Dana has two types of very aggressive cancer that will be closely watched with a MRI every three months in 2012.
Dana started a new job just 2 days before she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Her goal, when accepting this job was to work from home in August. With all she has gone through, she was still able to reach this goal and is now working from home...since September just one month past her goal. She's been working really hard and fitting in time for the treatments despite the side effects. I know what a relief it is for her to be home with her kids as much as possible and working from home will be a great change in the winter time from driving 30 mins each way.
I remember how frightened we all were when we initially heard the news of her cancer. I never expected her to be doing so well nor being so driven in her regular life. Shes handling everything better than I'm sure most of us would have. She has a really emotionally supportive group of family and friends. Thank you to everyone that has helped her emotionally, financially, and physically. Though i have to say she is extremely self sufficient. She's always taken care of herself in a way that was well beyond her years and now is no exception. Strength runs through her and it wont surprise me one bit if her MRI is positive in 2012. It never hurts to stack the deck so if anyone wants to send prayers or positive thoughts and actions her way its very much appreciated.
