Hello again from Houston!
We are thrilled to finally have some good news (and an official diagnosis!) to report! We met with the doctors today to get the results of all the tests and they determined that she has solitary plasmacytoma. All her X-rays were clean and showed no additional bone lesions, her blood work was all normal, her MRI showed no cancer in the spine, and her bone marrow was free of myeloma cells. All of this combined means that the only spot of cancer that she has is on her femur and that is EXCELLENT news!
The treatment for solitary plasmacytoma is localized radiation to shrink and kill the tumor on her femur. We will be back at MD Anderson next week to meet with the radiation oncologists to discuss the treatments and get a referral so that she can have the treatments done at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Baton Rouge. The doctors said today that the treatments will likely take about a month and a half to complete. Once the radiation is finished, she will return to MD Anderson for a checkup appointment and then she will return every two months for blood work to monitor her.
As you can imagine, we are absolutely thrilled with this news and very thankful that she can start treatment to beat this soon. Thank you to all of you who have been praying for us - we are firm believers in the power of prayer and today's news is only further confirmation! We are truly blessed to have such wonderful family, friends, and coworkers who have made this difficult time much easier for us. Thank you again and I'll be in touch next week as soon as we know more about the radiation treatments.
Best,
Meghan
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