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                    snommintj                
                
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                    Well.  Rapidarc in Guatemala was semi-successful.  They treated the main tumor and found a new one in a real bad place and treated it as best they could.  By all accounts so far, the treatment was successful.  There is one tumor that I wanted treated that didn't get treated because of the urgency of the new one.  I still have plenty of lung mets.  I just restarted chemo round #77.  I'm looking into getting nanoknife done on my lung mets.  There is a hospital in SC that is doing it and I have been in contact with them.  The treatment seems very promising and might buy me some more time.  As for now, I think my liver is clear.  I've always responded very well to folfox so I expect another good response.  I have had as many as 10 small mets disappear while on folfox.  If the same happens now I may be looking at only a half a dozen mets about 1cm in my lungs that need to be treated.  So for now I'm just waiting to see how folfox works again.  I will know more with imaging near the end of Jan.  Thanks for asking and caring, John                
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