tuesday, may 11th 2010.

Today the new MRI scan was made. The doctors will need some time to have a close look at them and compare them to those made approx. one month ago. so we made an appointment to discuss it tomorrow 11 o'clock. However the doctor that took the scans already told Hetty there was not much or actually no change.

We think this pretty much rules out the possibilty of a herpes. That together with the analysis of the spectrografy ( probably a GBM) makes things look bad. An operation is needed to see what it really is.

there are basically 2 types of operation the first one is a Craniotomie, part of the tumor-tissue will be taking out for investigation and at the same take out as much as possible of the tumor.

Such an operation is not without risk, but if it goes well, the patient will come out better than he went in.

Second we have Stereotactische Biopsie. They drill a tiny little hole in the scull and take a little tissue out for investigation. If the conclusion than is to take away as much as possible, a 2 operation is needed. So most of the time they do a Craniotomie.

Tonight I had a good talk with Panormitis, we openly discussed all the possibilities, from good to very bad. We did not run around the bush, but called everything by its name. The main thing we agreed on was, that he has the right to get answers from the doctors if we see them tomorrow.

to be continued immediately