I called my oncologist’s office today to see if they had received the results from the CT scan yet. The phone nurse just called back and said that Dr. Funky Glasses said:

All of the disease is responding well to the chemo.

There’s no miraculous remission, but that’s really OK. To be quite honest, I wasn’t really and truly expecting it. I asked for measurements, but I think I need Dr. FG’s help in translating them a bit better. I was excited to hear that one tumor in the liver they “‘can barely see” now.

Of course this means more chemo, but in the beginning, she thought I would need “at least six months” of chemo. So right now I’m probably at the 1/2-way point of chemotherapy. As we had initially thought, I expect that I’ll need surgery and radiation after that, but I’m taking this one step at a time.

But it’s good news overall. Good news.

And good news, I’ll take.

Thank God.

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