C H A M P I O N and four time cancer surviovor!
Dylan is a four time survivor of brain cancer. Four times in four years. In remission for 3 1/2 years now. A year ago Dylan was misdiagnosed with cancer by his doctors at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. A routine MRI had shown an anomaly that both radiology specialists and the entire tumor board had interpreted as a brain tumor. This would have been CANCER #5 for him. He had been experiencing some pressure in his head, loss of peripheral vision, headaches, increased loss of short term memory and problems focusing on even routine things. We panicked. And then we headed for MD Anderson Cancer Center- where, in 2008, amazing doctors saved his life after he was pronounced terminal with the diagnosis cancer #4 (also at OU Medical Center).
His doctors at Mda read the radiology reports and said "This is crazy. This can't happen." They looked at the Mri's and showed us that OU Med. Center had flipped the mri. What they said was a tumor on the left side of his head was an "artifact" left over from a biopsy in 2004. On the right side of his head. It appeared in all available mri's. His symptoms were attributed to a bleed-out in a "new punctate susceptibility artifact" left over from radiation treatments. This is not good, but it is definitely better than cancer!
He is currently experiencing the same symptoms as this exact time last year. We are heading directly to MDA tomorrow for mri's and bloodwork. Cancer must, of course, be ruled out, but we suspect a repeat of a bleed-out like last year. Dylan is confident it is not cancer, and he should know, right?
This is REALLY LONG. I should have posted the story last year but, well, i didn't post much last year. I hope at least a few of you will read it and offer up some prayers. .
Please see his cancer set for more of his story.
C H A M P I O N and four time cancer surviovor!
Dylan is a four time survivor of brain cancer. Four times in four years. In remission for 3 1/2 years now. A year ago Dylan was misdiagnosed with cancer by his doctors at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. A routine MRI had shown an anomaly that both radiology specialists and the entire tumor board had interpreted as a brain tumor. This would have been CANCER #5 for him. He had been experiencing some pressure in his head, loss of peripheral vision, headaches, increased loss of short term memory and problems focusing on even routine things. We panicked. And then we headed for MD Anderson Cancer Center- where, in 2008, amazing doctors saved his life after he was pronounced terminal with the diagnosis cancer #4 (also at OU Medical Center).
His doctors at Mda read the radiology reports and said "This is crazy. This can't happen." They looked at the Mri's and showed us that OU Med. Center had flipped the mri. What they said was a tumor on the left side of his head was an "artifact" left over from a biopsy in 2004. On the right side of his head. It appeared in all available mri's. His symptoms were attributed to a bleed-out in a "new punctate susceptibility artifact" left over from radiation treatments. This is not good, but it is definitely better than cancer!
He is currently experiencing the same symptoms as this exact time last year. We are heading directly to MDA tomorrow for mri's and bloodwork. Cancer must, of course, be ruled out, but we suspect a repeat of a bleed-out like last year. Dylan is confident it is not cancer, and he should know, right?
This is REALLY LONG. I should have posted the story last year but, well, i didn't post much last year. I hope at least a few of you will read it and offer up some prayers. .
Please see his cancer set for more of his story.