a spanner in the works

Mr O has a friend, datuk K. He has a friend in singapore working in the tumor field. He says wait a minute there is a technology called Gamma Knife treatment that may help.

So I look it up. Its a a machine where beams of low dose gamma rays intersects at 1 singular point. This point becomes 'hot' (not temperature hot but radioactive hot). The technology is appealling. No surgery, short 'operation' time, basically walk in shoot for @2 hours then out the door. I guess depending on where the tumor is the patient may have to be observed for a day. But no surgery required. No nerve damage if it is not shot at.

But we are talking about going to singapore. Then there is the 'after sales service' ie the follow ups. The logistics, exchange rate, etc. After all it is a semi private clinic? Know what that means.

We manage to ask the staff at the Neuro Clinic at the hospital about the gamma treatment. He says there's one at sunway. He says it used to cost $75K now its $150. What the.

The once smooth course is now hampered by this new 'opportunity'. But is it the bullet for me?

http://www.drprempillay.com

I have resigned myself to the 5th at Ipoh, unless there is some divine intervention to change my course. All the nuerosurgions I have consulted recommends surgery as soon as possible so I am not going to delay this date. The tumor is growing and my greatest fear is that it will spread to the eyes. This would mean the removal of the eye(s) because you won't be able to radio the bugger without damaging the eye(s).

I fire an email to Dr Prem asking him what procedure is most suitable for my condition. He says the scans that I have now is not 'clear' enough. I will need a 3 tesla MRI scan available at his clinic. Of course. Scanning is a good thing but man it seems these clinics are creating any excuses to get you to use it. And pay for it. Oh well I'm on a very tight budget. The Singapore project will only be viable to me if someone pays for it.

I fire another email requesting cost of treatment. We see what happens. If it is to happen it has to be soon because I don't want to cancel the 5th unless something absolutely concrete happens. The procrastinator is now getting anxious as the long 'free' time is getting shorter and surgery is just around the corner. I can't stop thinking about the movie Awake.