God is Good

We just sat down with Dr Gounder, who had already reviewed my CT scan from yesterday. As you'll recall, at this early stage in the treatment, there was a possibility we'd see continue tumor growth, that we'd see the tumors holding stable, or that we'd see shrinkage. Where we went from there would have depended on how things looked.

The tumors in my soft tissue have remained completely stable for the past 2 months. Considering the extremely aggressive rate of growth we were seeing before I started chemo, two months unchanged is a very conclusive sign that this treatment is working. Even more amazing, the lesions in my bones have already begun to heal. I had hope of this, because my back pain has been reducing radically in the past week or two, and the scan confirmed it.

And of course, the very best news of all, is that there are absolutely no new sites or tumors. The cancer has ceased to spread.

All of my other labs continue to show that my body is tolerating the treatment extremely well.

So now we continue on the current regiment, and Dr Gounder is hopeful that soon we will begin to see shrinkage in the soft tissue tumors as well.

God is good. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. This has been a nerve wracking couple of months, but it has been worth it.

I love you all.