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<blockquote data-quote="SoulSurfer" data-source="post: 12841" data-attributes="member: 54">We met again today with oncologists at Sunnybrook Hospital and have moved forward on a treatment.&nbsp; I have been started on a hormone therapy to reduce the growth of cancer cells.&nbsp; This protocol will continue over the next three months with some tests in between.&nbsp; The next stage of treatment will be Brachytherapy which is high dose radiation delivered directly to the affected area by needles.&nbsp; This will be followed by continued hormone therapy.&nbsp; Following this, I should be starting on lower dose radiation beam therapy for four and one half weeks of daily treatments.&nbsp; I know it sounds scary.&nbsp; It certainly does for me, but this is far more hopeful than I have felt over the last months.&nbsp; I know I am in for the fight of my life and I know that I have the fight in me to carry this out.&nbsp; My favorite thought/saying has always been “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog”.&nbsp; My mother still hasn’t been told so those of you who know her, please do not discuss.&nbsp; We are waiting for her to get through her own medical tests before we discuss a “watered down” version of this with her to reduce possible stress on her.&nbsp; Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SoulSurfer, post: 12841, member: 54"] [FONT=Arial]We met again today with oncologists at Sunnybrook Hospital and have moved forward on a treatment. I have been started on a hormone therapy to reduce the growth of cancer cells. This protocol will continue over the next three months with some tests in between. The next stage of treatment will be Brachytherapy which is high dose radiation delivered directly to the affected area by needles. This will be followed by continued hormone therapy. Following this, I should be starting on lower dose radiation beam therapy for four and one half weeks of daily treatments. I know it sounds scary. It certainly does for me, but this is far more hopeful than I have felt over the last months. I know I am in for the fight of my life and I know that I have the fight in me to carry this out. My favorite thought/saying has always been “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog”. My mother still hasn’t been told so those of you who know her, please do not discuss. We are waiting for her to get through her own medical tests before we discuss a “watered down” version of this with her to reduce possible stress on her. Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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