Subject: Lesley Update - 5/17/01 Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:27:34 -0400 From: David Baldauf The very short version is that Lesley is scheduled for surgery with Dr. John Park, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Tuesday the 22nd at 11:00 AM. Pre-operative work will be done on Monday. We check her in Tuesday at 9:00. Expected hospital stay is 3-5 days. Surgery risks are the usual - damage to her speech, right side paralysis, bleeding, and infection. The doctor said he can trivially remove the cyst and can take about 80% of the old tumor. He must be careful of the artery that runs through the tumor. We will start up a round of BCNU chemotherapy about 2 weeks after surgery assuming everything goes well. Lesley is doing fine. Dave -- Dave Baldauf, h/o Lesley (45), gbm, dx/srg 8/99, rad 9/99-10/99, debulk srg 10/99, bone flap removal srg due to infection 11/99, started Temodar 12/99, completed 18th round of Temodar 4/15/01 mailto:dbaldauf@alumni.brown.edu