John saw his medical oncologist this afternoon to decide on his next treatment steps. The doctor wants to take a wait-and-see approach. So, in 3 months John will get some blood tests to check the function of his remaining kidney, and a full-body CT scan to check the lymph nodes under his liver.
For Stage II Renal Cancer, the other possible option is adjuvant therapy which uses drugs to keep any remaining cancer cells from making more tumors. But these drugs have some side effects and are so new that their effectiveness for early stage cancer is not well documented.
We are going to see about getting a second opinion to make sure the wait-and-see approach is the best for John right now.
Tomorrow John has his staples removed.
Since John has been home he's been busying himself caring for his chickens as much as he can. We are also making plans for the holidays. As usual, we'll be spending Christmas with family. But, our outside Christmas lights will be scaled down this year because ladder climbing is not part of John's recuperation regimen :).
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