The Most Difficult Case

So about an hour ago, I got a call from Dr. Smith. For those of you following along at home, Dr. Smith is the radiology oncologist who will be doing Adam’s radiation, and who is currently working on his radiation mapping.

She called me. I’m not sure why, except that I do handle most of the day-to-day stuff regarding the cancer. And she goes, that disk that you dropped off this morning with his original CT scan results, well, that makes things more complicated. And that’s okay, because it’s good for us to get a full picture of the area and the tumors, but wow. She goes, plus, Adam is a big guy. Well, she says, I guess you probably already know that, don’t you. And his scar is very large (12 inches), and it wraps around from his front to his back. And the area takes in bone, tissue, and organs. It is safe to say, she says, that this is one of the most difficult mappings that I have ever done. But we will get it. That said, I think we should take a little extra time, so that we make sure we get it right. We are going to take an extra week and push back the start of radiation likely until the end of next week or until the next week. This is a very difficult mapping. His is a very unique case. Also, I would suggest that if you need to ask anyone questions about the radiation, that you ask me personally, as I’m not sure most of the other folks who you’ll be working with are going to really have a handle on it.

I knew already that she would be out of the office for the next 2 weeks, as she is having knee surgery, but she said that she will continue to work on the mapping and that they will likely start radiation before she gets back, but that she will only miss about a week.

Sigh, could there be some fucking thing about this that doesn’t make us the one fucking crazy apple in the bunch, please? Could we get a big ole helping of totally normal and mainstream all up in here right about now?

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