Written by Dr. Jeffrey G. Rogers
Ricky was diagnosed on Thursday July 8th with a brain tumor. He was fortunate to get right in to one of the top neurosurgeons in the State that very weekend. Surgery was performed by Dr. Mark V. Reichman on Saturday July 10th. Ricky is very strong and although he couldn't walk the first day by Monday morning he was walking on his own and taking the stairs. Dr Reichman feels that even though this is obviously a very serious diagnosis we have great reason to be realistically optimistic about the future. The pathology returned the next week which suggests now a course of chemotherapy and radiation but we are still at this moment unsure of the details and the time course.
Ricky has a meeting on Monday the 19th with the Oncologist from SLC at which time they will outline the plan for the next several weeks. Rick is strongly desirous to be able to finish his last didactic session at Touro University despite his treatment schedule. The usual protocol is to allow time for patients to heal from the surgery before further treatment. This will hopefully allow Ricky to get through much of this last session before the treatments begin.
