Lisa's MRI

Lisa went in for another MRI today at the request of her medical oncologist.  They gave her a disc with the images on it, so I went through it tonight on my own.  With my limited knowledge of radiographs and anatomy I went through and took a look at them.  I used our photoshop to leave some notes and arrows to help people see Lisa's tumor.  You can also clearly see in these scans the void that has been left from the surgical removal of the tumor almost 4 months ago.  It has since filled in with spinal fluid.

You can definitely see the swelling that still remains in her right hemisphere after her radiation therapy, but that won't return to "normal" until June.  You can also see in this one where they sawed her skull (sorry there aren't arrows, but left side of image, the two black spots where her skull is interrupted.  One above the top arrow and one below the lower arrow).

We won't know for sure what her doctors think of the scans until Friday or Monday, but as you can see from these scans she unfortunately is not cancer free (though we knew she never would be).  The question we have is whether or not the size of the tumor is about what her doctors expected after radiation and chemo up to this point.  When she goes back in June for another MRI we will better be able to know if it is in remission or still growing.