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Thanks everyone for posting your positve thoughts and feelings on the site, it really helps.
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Thanks everyone for posting your positve thoughts and feelings on the site, it really helps.
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The other option is the MDX trial. In order to get in this trial my brain must be stable. We are currently waiting to get this scan scheduled. I'm hoping to have it done within the next week to week and a half. If the results are clear, I'll go into the MDX, and if they are not, I will integrate Taxol to the protocol.

In the meantime, while waiting for the MRI, Dr. Smith thinks its best to start the Taxol. If that's the case, I will be starting the Taxol next Friday February 9th. I'm waiting for Dr. O'Day's second opinion on that before I make my final decision.

So that's whats new in Meghan's Medical world. You can always go to the transcript portion of this website (Thanks to my aunt mar and sean) and read what exactly took place at my last doctors meeting. Thanks everyone for being so supportive. Love meg]]>
The other option is the MDX trial. In order to get in this trial my brain must be stable. We are currently waiting to get this scan scheduled. I'm hoping to have it done within the next week to week and a half. If the results are clear, I'll go into the MDX, and if they are not, I will integrate Taxol to the protocol.

In the meantime, while waiting for the MRI, Dr. Smith thinks its best to start the Taxol. If that's the case, I will be starting the Taxol next Friday February 9th. I'm waiting for Dr. O'Day's second opinion on that before I make my final decision.

So that's whats new in Meghan's Medical world. You can always go to the transcript portion of this website (Thanks to my aunt mar and sean) and read what exactly took place at my last doctors meeting. Thanks everyone for being so supportive. Love meg]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=216 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:12:28 -0800 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=216 I will focus on the good in this journal and talk about the medical stuff in my next. For Christmas sally decided to take me to Mexico. She thought it would be nice to get away from it all. Let me tell you...it really was nice to escape. Sal, Sharon (sal's mom), Terra and I, all went to Puerto Vallarta Jan 17-31st.

We stayed at an amazing condo that looked over the Bay. It was truly the nicest place I've ever stayed in. Thanks to Sal and Sharon. It was a two bedroom, two and a half bath, with a full kitchen, dining room and living room. The sliding glass doors to the deck opened completely so that there was no separation from the condo to the outside patio. It was mostly overcast, with the exception of about five really sunny days. It was perfect for my pale body. It was warm though...probably in the low 80's and high 80's when the sun was out. I lounged in the condo, out by the beach and read lots of books.

Terra had the time of her life. She was a perfect little assistance dog on the way there and back. She never fussed or got anxious, she just slept in my lap on the 3 hour flight there and back. One woman asked me if I doped my dog up before the flight. Terra was truly a beach dog on this trip. Her nose was pretty much constantly had sand on it.

Sal and I set out some goals to do some extreme things while we were there. The things that I have never done, that I accomplished were parasailing and Canopy tour. A canopy tour are metal wires suspended about 400 feet above the ground. A total of 16 or 18 of them. You put yourself in a harness and have a handlebar contraption that is attached to the wire and your harness. You go flying across these zip lines (approx. 200-400yards in length) pretty fast. Its exhilarating. We had a blast. We also went on an ATV tour which was lots of fun. It was fun to access terrain that you normally couldn't get to unless you were on an ATV. It was beautiful.

Around the 9th or 10th day is when I really settled into the trip. I didn't have to read or do anything. I was able to just be. Watching people, listening to the ocean, watching the sun set, just soaking up every moment. From that point on the days just flew by. I had and incredible time and I'm so grateful to have gone and experienced everything I was able to. Thank you sally for being such an amazing partner. I love you.]]> I will focus on the good in this journal and talk about the medical stuff in my next. For Christmas sally decided to take me to Mexico. She thought it would be nice to get away from it all. Let me tell you...it really was nice to escape. Sal, Sharon (sal's mom), Terra and I, all went to Puerto Vallarta Jan 17-31st.

We stayed at an amazing condo that looked over the Bay. It was truly the nicest place I've ever stayed in. Thanks to Sal and Sharon. It was a two bedroom, two and a half bath, with a full kitchen, dining room and living room. The sliding glass doors to the deck opened completely so that there was no separation from the condo to the outside patio. It was mostly overcast, with the exception of about five really sunny days. It was perfect for my pale body. It was warm though...probably in the low 80's and high 80's when the sun was out. I lounged in the condo, out by the beach and read lots of books.

Terra had the time of her life. She was a perfect little assistance dog on the way there and back. She never fussed or got anxious, she just slept in my lap on the 3 hour flight there and back. One woman asked me if I doped my dog up before the flight. Terra was truly a beach dog on this trip. Her nose was pretty much constantly had sand on it.

Sal and I set out some goals to do some extreme things while we were there. The things that I have never done, that I accomplished were parasailing and Canopy tour. A canopy tour are metal wires suspended about 400 feet above the ground. A total of 16 or 18 of them. You put yourself in a harness and have a handlebar contraption that is attached to the wire and your harness. You go flying across these zip lines (approx. 200-400yards in length) pretty fast. Its exhilarating. We had a blast. We also went on an ATV tour which was lots of fun. It was fun to access terrain that you normally couldn't get to unless you were on an ATV. It was beautiful.

Around the 9th or 10th day is when I really settled into the trip. I didn't have to read or do anything. I was able to just be. Watching people, listening to the ocean, watching the sun set, just soaking up every moment. From that point on the days just flew by. I had and incredible time and I'm so grateful to have gone and experienced everything I was able to. Thank you sally for being such an amazing partner. I love you.]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=212 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:10:25 -0800 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=212
Medical stuff: I am supposed to have scans scheduled this week but because of the holidays, Medi-Cal is lagging which in turn slows down the sheduling process. So I put in calls last week and this morning to try and expedite the process. I'm hoping I can get scans tomorrow or the next day so that I can get results by the end of the week or the begining of the next. Then we'll go from there. Thanks for all of your holiday cards, prayers and energy sent. I am so blessed and thankful for it all. Happy New Year.]]>
Medical stuff: I am supposed to have scans scheduled this week but because of the holidays, Medi-Cal is lagging which in turn slows down the sheduling process. So I put in calls last week and this morning to try and expedite the process. I'm hoping I can get scans tomorrow or the next day so that I can get results by the end of the week or the begining of the next. Then we'll go from there. Thanks for all of your holiday cards, prayers and energy sent. I am so blessed and thankful for it all. Happy New Year.]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=211 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:40:59 -0800 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=211 http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=210 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:15:43 -0800 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=210 http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=181 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:57:37 -0700 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=181 My gamma knife procedure went extremely well and pretty quickly. I got there at 6am and got out by 11:45am. We initially thought there were two new lesions in the frontal lobe but there was only one. The second lesion was the last lesion that got gamma knifed. So that was great news. Of course when I got there I had the halo bolted into my head, a total of four screw, and then went in for my MRI. No new lesions and the neurosurgeons and physicist mapped out and programed the gamma knife machine. Then it was time for me to get the procedure. There was a total of three radiation treatments. Each treatment lasted about 5 to 6 minutes. After each treatment, all of the doctors would come in and move the metal brackets around on the halo. They would call out the coordinates and then those coordinates would be triple checked. Then once everything was checked they would all leave the room and the machine would take me in and radiate me. NO smell, sound or feeling to it. Pretty weird. After the three treatments they unscrewed the halo out of my head, this hurts more than when they put it in, and took out my IV and I was ready to go home. We dropped Sally off at work and then I came home and napped for three hours or so. My brother took all of us out to sushi for dinner and my mom bought us ice cream afterwards at Toy Boat. It was yummy. I got to hang out with my brother, watch some movies and talk seriously one on one. It was really great. They left this morning, I went and got a reiki session with Marie and then I got to have lunch with my Aunt Mary Ann. A fun eventful day....but boy am I tired. So that’s all for now. I love you all. Thanks for tuning in.]]> My gamma knife procedure went extremely well and pretty quickly. I got there at 6am and got out by 11:45am. We initially thought there were two new lesions in the frontal lobe but there was only one. The second lesion was the last lesion that got gamma knifed. So that was great news. Of course when I got there I had the halo bolted into my head, a total of four screw, and then went in for my MRI. No new lesions and the neurosurgeons and physicist mapped out and programed the gamma knife machine. Then it was time for me to get the procedure. There was a total of three radiation treatments. Each treatment lasted about 5 to 6 minutes. After each treatment, all of the doctors would come in and move the metal brackets around on the halo. They would call out the coordinates and then those coordinates would be triple checked. Then once everything was checked they would all leave the room and the machine would take me in and radiate me. NO smell, sound or feeling to it. Pretty weird. After the three treatments they unscrewed the halo out of my head, this hurts more than when they put it in, and took out my IV and I was ready to go home. We dropped Sally off at work and then I came home and napped for three hours or so. My brother took all of us out to sushi for dinner and my mom bought us ice cream afterwards at Toy Boat. It was yummy. I got to hang out with my brother, watch some movies and talk seriously one on one. It was really great. They left this morning, I went and got a reiki session with Marie and then I got to have lunch with my Aunt Mary Ann. A fun eventful day....but boy am I tired. So that’s all for now. I love you all. Thanks for tuning in.]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=166 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:53:20 -0700 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=166 --> ]]> --> ]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=164 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:54:13 -0700 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=164 http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=159 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:24:31 -0700 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=159
Karma just got her cyst removed yesterday and is doing really well. I have my MRI scheduled for tomorrow. Sorry I haven't written in a while. I tried to fill you in as best as possible. ]]>
Karma just got her cyst removed yesterday and is doing really well. I have my MRI scheduled for tomorrow. Sorry I haven't written in a while. I tried to fill you in as best as possible. ]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=158 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:48:03 -0700 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=158 http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=157 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:19:53 -0700 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=157 http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=155 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:09:54 -0700 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=155 http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=152 Fri, 26 May 2006 12:28:13 -0700 meghan]]> http://forum.meghanmckenna.com/showthread.php?tid=152
Sal and I are heading up to Yosemite with some friends to go camping this Memorial day weekend. I'm excited because it is also something I have always wanted to do. I guess I went as a little kid but have no recollection of it. I'm excited to have some fun before Wednesday's Gamma Knife procedure. I will let you all know how everything goes. If you have the time please let me know what you are up to by writing it in the thoughts and comments section.

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Sal and I are heading up to Yosemite with some friends to go camping this Memorial day weekend. I'm excited because it is also something I have always wanted to do. I guess I went as a little kid but have no recollection of it. I'm excited to have some fun before Wednesday's Gamma Knife procedure. I will let you all know how everything goes. If you have the time please let me know what you are up to by writing it in the thoughts and comments section.

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The Gamma Knife Brain Radiation got scheduled for Wednesday May 31st. I will just have gotten back from camping in Yosemite. Another big thing I can cross off my New Years to do list. I ask that you all send positive energy and prayers my way because I sure could use it. Please let me know your thoughts and feeling by posting them on the message board. I love reading what you all have to say. Thanks for all of your support. ]]>
The Gamma Knife Brain Radiation got scheduled for Wednesday May 31st. I will just have gotten back from camping in Yosemite. Another big thing I can cross off my New Years to do list. I ask that you all send positive energy and prayers my way because I sure could use it. Please let me know your thoughts and feeling by posting them on the message board. I love reading what you all have to say. Thanks for all of your support. ]]>