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Aaron face times with his parents (they are serving a one year mission at the  New Zealand MTC)  about his options for his next treatment. Aaron has consulted with five oncologists and the good news is he still has multiple options. He can choose between two chemos from different families than he has used before and three drug trials. We have a few concerns about the drug trials. First, they all require a needle biopsy and the last one Aaron had caused his lung to collapse and landed him in the hospital for a week. Second, he doesn't have a tumor large enough to get a good sample. Third, we would have to potentially wait for two weeks for results of the biopsy and another week before starting a drug trial. Since Aaron has not received any treatment for his cancer for nearly two months he has opted to do another chemo. He will start next week. We are hoping this chemo will help him feel well enough to do a needle biopsy and lay the groundwork for doing a drug trial (we w...

MRI a.k.a.Aaron as a Storm Trooper  Aaron had his scans on Wednesday and the results are not what we thought. I guess that "knocking on wood" business doesn't really work. Aaron met with two of his oncologists yesterday to discuss his scans and his next treatment.  In the brain, there is a spot that indicates a small stroke. The kidneys appear to be stressed from the chemo and some cancerous nodules in the lungs appear to have increased in size. It has been 5 weeks since Aaron has had any treatment and my simple way of seeing things says to just go back to what he was doing and this will resolve (I would suggest taking out the most toxic of the two chemos), but his doctors don't agree. Aaron will fly to Colorado this week to discuss his options with his dr there. If there is a promising drug trial Aaron should be able to start immediately as all drug trials require a "wash out" period of three weeks (meaning treatment-free for at least three weeks)....