Tuesday, August 28, 2007

More good news

While it's not complete closure to my treatment protocol, it continues to go in the direction we want. NIH did CT scans, MRI's and blood chemistries this week. The blood levels were exactly where they want them. The 8 lower tumors are gone. There are two that remain, but they have lost their definition and thickness, meaning the tumors are deteriorating and have gotten another 40-50% smaller and thinner from last month. The last two tumors are no longer attached to the underlying tissue. So let's re-cap the issues: The other 8 have dissappeared completely, the last 2 are getting much smaller both in width and depth, the exterior of those is breaking down, my energy level is coming back at a realatively high level, and my weight has come back to about 85-90% of what it was before treatment. I think, and more importantly the Dr's think this is now under control. The pain level on the vast majority of days is well under control. It's just going to take a little longer. Now I'm OK with this. Chris