Thanks guys - I didn't mean to derail the thread. *should know not to post after a strong shot of Don Julio!
She is doing well, we've been at a proton treatment center in California for 6 weeks, this is the final week so I'm anxious to get back to terra familiar. My wife and I have rotated each week, and it has gone fairly quickly. I saw Uwe's G3 on the way to pick up my wife from the airport a few (?) weeks ago.
I would say as a "public service" announcement, that Proton Therapy is great. It is used to treat specific regions for cancer that are potentially sensitive to radiation that spreads. For example, my daughter's cancer was behind the eye and the proton beam gets that small specific region without harming the surrounding cells ala traditional radiation. Traditional radiation would have hit the pituitary gland meaning hormones for life, and taken the vision from both eyes. The PSA is that I've discovered the number one proton customer BY FAR is the middle-aged male being treated for prostate cancer. Its VERY effective for this cancer - I think most of these patients spend a couple of months at the proton center, can work via cyber commute or play golf as there are no side effects with proton. There are 10 proton centers in the US, and we're at the oldest one - 30 plus years or so I believe at Loma Linda California. So if any of you or someone you know is going to deal with prostate cancer, I highly recommend you consider proton therapy.
The good news for my daughter is that they've been aiming the beam away from the eye and focusing on the sinus/nasal cavity where the remainder of the tumor is. We were expecting her to lose vision in that eye, as the tumor was wrapped around the optic nerve. But due to the chemo and proton it appears that the vision loss risk is minimal right now and that tumor has shrank considerably (aggressive cancers respond rapidly to aggressive treatment we're told). Even though there are no side effects, that optic orbit is still sensitive. So now we continue with chemo until March at which point we're hoping for cancer free!
I am curious on my Gibson question - does anyone else feel that Gibson may finally be listening to their customers with these new models?
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