Last week, Hap had 2 appointments at Sloan. On Monday he had his monthly treatment injection and met with his main doctor to discuss his recent scans. His scans continue to look good showing continuous
stability in the liver and pelvic tumors. Mary and Hap asked the doctor if they should pursue another treatment to the pelvic tumors while Hap is strong. His doctor’s response was that every treatment comes with it’s own risks and that unless Hap becomes more symptomatic we should relax and enjoy this “stable time”.

On Thursday, Hap met with the same surgeon that he met with back in September, 2008. He compared Hap’s original scan in 2008 to his most recent. The tumor that is probably causing most of Hap’s discomfort is the obturator lymph node. Although Hap’s scans show that his condition is stable, this tumor has slightly infiltrated into the muscle wall which has a heavily concentrated area of nerves. The surgeon is concerned that if
we do not resect this tumor soon, we may loose the “window of opportunity”. This surgeon plans on discussing this with other doctors at a conference. Hap will follow up with his main doctor in April.