Armstrong demanded a brain scan, which showed two lesions. The disease was moving fast. Two weeks later, Armstrong, Knaggs, Armstrong's mother, Linda, and Armstrong's girlfriend went to Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to talk with doctors there. It was a scouting trip. At this point, Lance was completely focused on the winning strategy.
Lance is just very thorough.
We even looked at houses in Houston he could live in while he was getting treatment. But Armstrong didn't like what the Houston doctors told him. They said he would be treated with bleomycin, which would rid him of the cancer but would cause mild damage to the lungs. But, if you're going to be a world-class athlete, even a minuscule drop in lung function can be detrimental to what they do. Armstrong remembered an e-mail he received after his diagnosis.