UCSF doctors

Yesterday Val and I went to San Francisco to meet with my doctors there. First we meet with Dr Bergsland who was very happy with my progress. She went over the possibilities of the persedures that we could take. We could do another embolism and gave us information on a clinical trial that we could do. She was going to differ to Dr Fidelman to decide what we should do.
Dr Fidelman told us that the the two larger tumors have shrunk a little. Which is great news. He suggested that we do an embolism to the left tumor. He is ok with it being done after Easter Break so we can go to Utah to be with family. I'm going to also go to soon Utah to see Colin.



Bodies are amazing. The filter I had put in in October was suppose to be temporary. Well it collapsed and clots formed around it cementing it in. This was the main vein that brought blood up from the legs. Two other smaller veins have become larger and are owing the work of the original vein. We feel that this is a miracle. This is just another way that shows that. Heavenly Father is watching over me. I'm so excited to be able to go spend time with my family.
I'm getting stronger everyday. I'm not back to normal. A small day of shopping tires me out but at least I feel good enough to go shopping.



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