Sorry for not posting before now. Mon and Tues last week were pretty hektic. NIH did a CT Scan and some blood-work. All blood-work came out OK and now the CT Scan shows that the entire mass has shrunk by 50%. The tumors have now lost their definition, meaning they aren't hard any more. The NIH team says that my recovery has been the fastest that they've seen in the protocol. Even though I look like Mr. Clean, I have to shave now to get that look. It kind of hides the big patch where no hair grows anyway. That seems to be the style now, so no one seems to be shocked when they see me. Hope you liked the photo Molly put on the last posting. We are starting to get a little better at the blog.

Well folks it keeps getting better. The last 4 tumors ARE getting softer and smaller. Of course I want them to go away yesterday, but this thing appears to be on its own time table. Last week it was back to work for the entire week. OK, so I bagged the last 4 hours on Friday, but I was capable of that on any given week. St. Louis is leading their division, so what's not to like. This week we are sending Molly to Las Vegas with her friend to see Barry Manilow and two of my roommates from college are coming out for a visit. I worked, cleaning up the entire back yard on Saturday. It was early in the morning, but as we figured it, when my pants kept falling off, it was time to quit and come in.

Back to work by the 4th of July? Granted that it's not full steam ahead, but it feels good to get out and get back on with my life. I never felt getting back to work would feel so good, but it's like a second chance at life. While the tumors have not totally gone, they are shrinking on a daily basis. We'll see what the tests come up with on 23-24 JUL, the next time we go for a CT Scan. That will be the 2 month mark, when the NIH Dr's say it's their experience for peak time for the tumors reduce, totally. Chris