Big Day Tomorrow

mixleader said:

Scan Results
My wife and I met with my oncologist today to discuss the results of the full body CT scan I had on Monday. It was a good news/bad news kind of thing, but I think it was more positive than negative. Some of my lung tumors shrunk, some stayed the same, and some grew a bit. Since the last time when all of them had shrunk, we had reduced my cancer med a bit to try and hurt me less. Since this drug is still working, the Doc says we are going back to full concentration to try and batter these little demons into submission. But, this time we will do a three week course instead of a 4 week course. We are hopeful that this will not cause me such terrible side effects. The other good news here is that the cancer has not spread to any other organs, so that is very good news. So, now I get a two week break after Sunday and then when I start back again, it will be at the full strength of this drug. Then, in about 3 months, they will scan me again to see how things are going. If I absolutely cannot tolerate this, then we will move to another drug. I am not anxious to do that because this one is working and I have at least learned what it does to me. So, I have my license to live for another 90 days and I am going to go and do exactly that.

Roger

Good News
Hey Roger, I'm glad that you had a fair amount of good news, and sorry to hear about the bad. I'm sending you my support and positive thoughts and energy, as well as encouragement to keep your focus on the good news as you use your license to the max!!

PATRICK