Re: Breast Cancer Awareness 24" 53' Phantom for my wife
Good news!!! After much research and phone calls I found a hospital to do my wifes radio surgery on her brain tumors.She will live!!!!!!!
Her surgery date is Thursday the 19th.Bottom line is-when one hospital says they cant,likely another has a better machine and will!
New parts are on the bike,decals etc.too.The 24x2.50 fat tire should be here tomorrow and I will post pics then.
Thank god she will be able to ride her bike.
I thought I should back up a week and tell the curious what has transpired.
Since last August we have been preparing for radio surgery at the hospital that has treated my wifes breast and brain cancer.They said they had to shrink the tumors prior to radio surgery.THey recently told us they could not do the surgery due to some light growth in the tumors and that the tumors will not respond to radiation(radio surgery).They offered no refferals,no options,no hope.
I found no information online to support there claims and made a few calls.Barnes/Simmons in St. Louis MO specifically stated radio surgery was designed for tumors that will not respond to regular radiation and have no need to shrink the tumors at all since there machine was accurate to 0.03mm.
We had been lied to since august with our doctor claiming they had the exact same machine-THEY DO NOT.It is different in accuracy,appearance and concept.It was all about the money they were making.
Thanks for tolerating my ranting!
Greg
Good news!!! After much research and phone calls I found a hospital to do my wifes radio surgery on her brain tumors.She will live!!!!!!!
Her surgery date is Thursday the 19th.Bottom line is-when one hospital says they cant,likely another has a better machine and will!
New parts are on the bike,decals etc.too.The 24x2.50 fat tire should be here tomorrow and I will post pics then.
Thank god she will be able to ride her bike.
I thought I should back up a week and tell the curious what has transpired.
Since last August we have been preparing for radio surgery at the hospital that has treated my wifes breast and brain cancer.They said they had to shrink the tumors prior to radio surgery.THey recently told us they could not do the surgery due to some light growth in the tumors and that the tumors will not respond to radiation(radio surgery).They offered no refferals,no options,no hope.
I found no information online to support there claims and made a few calls.Barnes/Simmons in St. Louis MO specifically stated radio surgery was designed for tumors that will not respond to regular radiation and have no need to shrink the tumors at all since there machine was accurate to 0.03mm.
We had been lied to since august with our doctor claiming they had the exact same machine-THEY DO NOT.It is different in accuracy,appearance and concept.It was all about the money they were making.
Thanks for tolerating my ranting!
Greg
