Report Card Time

Round five will finish in about 18 hours as of this writing and the next treatment with mark the half-way point in this initial phase.

A good point for a score card.  I owe it to all of you great friends, readers and prayers to share results of my scans and blood work completed last week and shared to Lonni and I yesterday.

CT scans: clear of any evidence of a tumor regrowth (the surgeon did get the entire mass).  No evidence of spread to the liver of lungs – the normal path.  Good news.

Lymph  nodes: there are about five that are enlarged.  Each has shrunken slightly.  More good news!!

Tumor marker count: (this number measures a secretion the body emits to fight cancer cells, a normal count is 5, cancer patients counts can be into the multiply thousands.  The importance here is the direction this is moving, up is bad.  My baseline count was 538 (3 months ago) my current count is 75.  538 to 75!!!  

I heard WOW a lot. Very good news!!!

I was told that at this stage of treatment they are hoping to see things leveling out, not rising or growing.  These kinds of positive signs are very remarkable.

I don’t want to prematurely declare victory – it certainly is far from that.  But this is very hopeful news, essentially telling us that my body is responding very positive to this method of treatment.  This is a long road to travel and I am bolstered by encouraging signs like this.

Thanks to each of you for your support and prayers.  Bless you each, one.