Two years ago today I was sitting in the Stanford Hospital waiting room worried that my husband might not make it through brain surgery. Since July 13, 2007 Travis has had too many medical appointments to count. He has been on too much medication, especially pain medication. He has been on Oxycontin, Duragesic pain patches, [...]
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Two years ago today…An Update
July 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments
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Bye, Bye Meth! Working to be medication free
May 22nd, 2009 · 4 Comments
I have not had time to write lately. A lot has been going on. The latest medical news on Travis is that he is tapering off his medication. Just one month ago he was taking 1000mg of Neurontin three times a day. He was also taking 5mg of Methadone twice a day. So in total [...]
Tags: Dr. Moon San Diego · Gabapentin · Methadone · Neurontin · Neurontin Information · Pain Management · Uncategorized · Vicodin · Withdrawal · back pain · everyday life · help · memory · recovery · stress
The tumor is completely gone!!!!
March 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Travis went to Palo Alto on Monday to have an MRI. On Tuesday he saw Dr. Adler and was told that his tumor is completely gone. As exciting as it is I still don’t think it has sunk in all the way. In my opinion, this is proof that CyberKnife radiation works. It is the [...]
Tags: Brain Tumor · CyberKnife · Cyberknife radiation · Dr. Adler · Radiosurgery · Schwannoma military · Stanford · Trigeminal schwannoma · brain cancer · cancer · radiation · recovery · tumor · update
He got back on a snowboard
January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Dr. Adler (Travis’s neurosurgeon) said that his goal for Travis was to get him back on a snowboard. Well not even six months after his surgery Travis got back on the mountain after a two season hiatus. It was great to see him snowboarding again. I am so glad that this was not permanently taken [...]
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