The next phase of my treatment plan has begun. A few days ago I met with my new Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Jonathan Wan from Credit Valley Hospital (The Carlo Fidani Cancer Centre). Since Dr. Wan is new to my treatment team, it is very important to me that he keeps Dr. Bedard, my oncologist from Princess Margaret, in the loop with the treatment plan. As it turns out, Dr. Wan is totally onboard with this, and actually already knows Dr. Bedard both professionally and personally, so I’m quite pleased with how the treatment team is coming together.

I know this is going to sound odd, but I had a great appointment with Dr. Wan. I liked his personality right from the outset. He is super energetic, exudes a ton of positive energy, is the exact same age as me and is an avid runner to boot… 🙂

But… (there’s always a “but”, right?!)… Dr. Wan did share some new information, that well, quite frankly, could have better. Like keeping score in golf, when counting tumours, the goal is ALWAYS a lower number. It turns out that my post-surgical MRI identified that a couple of pesky tumours were hiding behind the big fucker that was removed during the operation. So my grand tally of tumours to be dealt with is sitting at one down, four to go.

However this news didn’t, and hasn’t, dampened my spirit for this battle. This doesn’t change the treatment plan. And despite this turn of events, I was still so stoked during my chat with Dr. Wan that I may have behaved in a slightly inappropriate and over-zealous fashion…

The doc had pulled up a chair directly in front of me, just about a foot away… and I may have gotten a little enthusiastic as I was explaining to him that despite the number now being four, we are still going to win… and I may have grabbed his knee and slapped his thigh as I welcomed him to my “army”… Hopefully he doesn’t report me for patient misconduct!