Gil's Check-up

Here is some information that I have been posting on my Team in Training page (still taking donations by the way... click here )....

Nov. 30th Gil had his follow up appointment. Every looks pretty good, but he has an enlarged thyroid. His ultrasound was Thursday, Dec. 3rd and now we are waiting on the results from that. Many hopes and prayers that it is only scar tissue from the radiation. We should know by Tuesday!

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Nov. 16th went in for his CT scan. His follow up is Monday, Nov. 30th. We are very hopeful for a clean bill of health and the beginning of a 5th year of remission. I wonder if someday we will loose track of when his cancer was.

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Nov. 22nd, I did the 1st Women's magazine Women's 1/2 marathon in St. Petersburg. Although not the event I am raising money for, it was an event to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and there were several Team in Training participants. It was a great event. A little warm for November, but a nice venue around the waterfront and Old Northeast, St. Petersburg. I did manage to do at 13.1 miles in 2 hours and 14 minutes. Now, to get ready for Disney.

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We're still waiting for Gil to get his 'new' teeth. With the holidays fast approaching and money being tight, he's been holding off on going to the dentist. We will get there eventually. In the meantime, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has opened a grant to research post treatment quality of life. This is very exciting research - for us and, I'm sure, thousands of others!

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On Sept. 11th, Gil had oral surgery to have 7 teeth removed. He has undergone hyperbaric treatments to prepare for the surgery because of the damage the radiation did to his mouth. It all started with his last wisdom tooth, but there turned out to be a lot more radiation damage than we knew.