The last Richard update of the year.

Yes, we did a Portland run this morning. We met Dr. Seung, Nurse Nancy, and Social Worker Dawn. It was a full morning!

I learned many things.

#1. The pituitary gland is pretty worthless in mature men.

#2. My high school biology class did not prepare me for oncological conversations.

#3. Gamma knives are not an upscale cutlery option. (Although, I didn’t learn what gamma knives are!)

I also learned that Richard is going back into radiation therapy. He starts a week from today and has 10 sessions, every weekday for two weeks (in Portland). The other options were the gamma knife, but there was some reason that was less desirable and surgery. They start the surgery by going up the nose, so that was obviously not going to be anything that I was going to listen to. Place your hands over your ear and chant, “Puppy dogs and ice cream, puppy dogs and ice cream” over and over. It makes unpleasant things easier to listen to.

Happy New Year!