Update for 8-14-06

We just returned from the visit with Dr. Mary Mulcahy at Northwestern. Here is what we know. They want to try and do a lung biopsy this week to see if those lesions are cancer. That will determine what else can be done. She reviewed the films of the cat scan and PET scan. She believes this is bile duct cancer even tho the pancreas is clear. She said this bile duct cancer is the sameas pancreatic cancer in treatment. Not very treatable systemically with Chemo to the whole body. However there are several other options. If lung is involved they can burn the lesions out of the lung and treat the liver cancer with what is called radiofrequency oblation therapy going in the same way as you would for an angiogram. This is a rare type of cancer and so there aren't a lot of clinical trials going on.
We were disappointed in what she said but it is what we expected. Pleae continue to pray. Today was a long day having to wait 3 hours to see her.