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Today we finally got the answer to the big question, "What kind of cancer is it?" The answer is, Liver Cancer. They've had a very difficult time identifying it, and kept telling us, "Tomorrow, we'll know tomorrow..." So now we are ready to discuss treatment options and what the prognosis really is. That will give us a much clearer idea of how to plan out the next couple of months.

Yesterday we talked to the Radiation people about starting me on some radiation treatment for the tumors on my head. These tumors seem to be growing at an almost visible rate and if we don't slow them down or shrink them, they will start pressing on my brain soon and causing major problems. They were pretty confident that a weeks worth of radiation treatments would reduce the size of the tumors considerably, and stop their growth. So today will be the first day of radiation, at around 3:15pm. The radiation they are going to use is an Electron Beam which is a highly focused beam that only penetrates about 3 cm deep. In other words, they won't be nuking my entire head. The side effects are skin irritation (redness, like a sunburn), possible hair loss (Gene, just shut up...), fatigue and nausea. The treatments will only be for about 15 minutes each day, for a week.