"There is HOPE"

Today as we drove home from 4 hours at the doctor's office...Craig said "I feel like there is HOPE!" It makes me cry to write this because it has felt so hopeless at times but today we were buoyed up by a doctor that spoke with confidence and purpose. We met Dr. Carlisle, our new intervention radiologist, and he listened and he offered new ideas and he gave us hope. I can't tell you how much that changes our outlook. He looked at Craig as a whole person with needs and wants and understood his need for quality of life. He offered new options in treatment that would include a new radiation treatment for tumors in the liver. It's new and seeing good results without the downside of chemo. He explained that the tumors are showing signs of necrosis (dying) and even though the size looks the same on the scan, the insides are dying. He thought it would be good to wait a few weeks to do the chemo again before we do the radiation treatment since it takes 6-8 weeks to schedule. We can do both. We can kill this cancer and give Craig the quality of life he deserves for as long as possible. There truly is hope!