Recovery

Fifty-six pathology and medical reports were chronicled from JUL 1998. On 26 JUN 2000 his doctors explained that no additional treatment was necessary.

On 26 SEP 2000, Brian awoke from a lucid-state-dream. He quickly telephoned the Oncologist requesting an immediate CT and also a few more unexpected tests. Pathology report summaries follow:

  1. Earlier, the massive tumour had re-grown TWICE after chemotherapy.
  2. CT confirmed “neither evidence of active disease nor any form of metastases.”
  3. FBP/CBC was “essentially normal”.
  4. Dexa Scan bone mineral density: “normal at 84% of the young male population and femoral neck at 90% of the young adult mean value 0.85 SD” Curiously, Brian was then aged 57.
  5. EMGS revealed “no abnormalities except ankle jerk reflex absence due to chemotherapy neuropathy”.
  6. On 28 DEC 2000, for reassurance Brian requested another complete blood analysis. The FBP pathology results were reported again as “essentially within normal limits”.
  7. On 19 FEB 2001, chronic numbness and pain to fingers and toes due to chemotherapy neuropathic damage had spontaneously, disappeared.