Thursday, July 8, 2010

Rush or University of Chicago?

For my second opinion, I went to the University of Chicago. After having met with the team of doctors and nurses at U of C, I've decided to go through their treatment protocol. This decision was not an easy one. I was torn because I really liked the team of doctors at Rush and the treatments were very different. The main differences in the treatments was the type of chemo, the length of time to be treated and whether it would be through inpatient or outpatient. Additionally, in order to go through the U of C, I had to have a few more procedures done. Yesterday, they did a triple endoscopy and took some tissue sample to biopsy. This was the same procedure I had done at Rush on June 15th. Today, I am still recovering with a sore throat and a bad headache from the general anesthesia. I also had to have another head, neck and chest scan. Fortunately, nothing new has turned up.

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  1. The University of Chicago has an incredible team of doctors! They performed a surgery that saved my life! I know that you will be able to conquer this because even though I never had you as a teacher, I have heard so many good things about you, I feel like I know you personally.
    Stay strong and never give up! We all believe you will get through it!

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