The Cost of Hope
“Terence has gone there as usual for his quarterly checkup and scan. All the report says is that the scan shows “further progression of a right upper lobe mass, but stability in numerous small lung lesions.” It sounds okay to me and to Terence, different certainly, but not that much different from any of the other reports we have received over the past four years.
But Dr. Bukowski sees something else. The cancer, indolent, sluggish, and lazy up till now, has begun to grow again. That is enough for Dr. Bukowski. With the same certainty with which he told us in 2002 to wait and do nothing, he now galvanizes us to action. Perhaps it is now time to investigate something more aggressive—some clinical trials and treatments closer to home. He tells us about Dr. Flaherty, who is beginning a promising study in Philadelphia. Our next stop, Dr. Bukowski tells us, should be Presbyterian Hospital, where Dr. Flaherty will explain to us what he hopes the clinical trial he is conducting will achieve.
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