Treatment: Radiation, Chemotherapy and Surgery; Ongoing injections & eye drops The next few weeks were a whirlwind of appointments, hundreds of tests, and information rapidly fired at us. Answers were needed immediately. Treatment options and clinical trials…I even recall my mom being asked if she wanted to have a test done that would give us a 99% accurate diagnosis with regard to the fatality of the tumor. It was all a little overwhelming to say the least. Treatment began in February with the first of several surgeries. Radiation, chemotherapy, steroids and many other treatments were administered throughout the first year. This type of cancer doesn’t usually occur in someone my age. This disease tends to affect the elderly. As a consequence treatment options based on history were limited. Thankfully, I responded well and my doctors made adjustments each month to help personalize the treatments according to my specific medical requirements. Ongoing injections and treatments are now part of my everyday life. The dormant tumor remains attached to the optic nerve. Removal of the tumor would require a removal of my eye itself. An option I may be forced to consider in the future.