If the tumor came back, remove it and life goes on. The problem was, each treatment, affected Marie. Her memory and cognizant reasoning would continue to deteriorate. But this was my opinion only. The medicals didn't share that thinking. When I would say her memory was getting worse, they would tell me that shouldn't be happening. That's not exactly the right part of the brain to cause that side effect. What about the stone in the pond theory, for radiation? How do we know the radiation didn't ripple into that area of the brain, and cause damage. Was the cure, in some ways, worse than the disease? Even if it was, what options did we have. There is not much information on the type of tumor, and I doubt there is much, if any, research on it. One of our medicals told me that he checked with a brain tumor center in New York, and they felt we were doing everything that we should. I do believe that he checked. I know he cared, and wanted to make Marie better. There just wasn't much for him to go on. He suggested that if the tumor comes back again, we should consider going to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
In my opinion M.D. Anderson is one of the worlds most renown cancer centers. But for Marie? She just had a benign tumor anyway. I felt that this was a major change in thinking. Even talking about a place of that caliber. I hoped it didn't come back. If it did, that meant this tumor was a REAL problem.
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