The upside of the roller coaster.

Well, in very much a contrast to my last post, there is good news. The latest pet scan indicates that the tumors/lesions in my liver are no longer visible and have reduced down to the cell level. This is quite remarkable and left me rather speechless and a bit emotional yesterday. Quite the opposite from having tumors in 70% of the liver and on the edge of dying. The activity level of the tumor in the colon has dropped significantly from values in the upper 9's (very active) to the lower 3's ( not active) and including a reduction in size as well. It appears the new med's are doing some good and the side effects maybe worth it. This great news convinced me to have a drink or two last night and enjoy a bit of a celebration. Not bad news going into chemo again tomorrow. The lighter version of the treatment was much better to me and I was able to handle the side effects better. I still have a rash on my face, head and parts of my chest and back. They look much better and have healed quite a bit from the first reaction. The constant bleeding has slowed down and I am glad for that. It was getting on my nerves to bleed suddenly from my face and nose in the middle of a conversation. I lost 12 pounds during this treatment so far and I feel good. It has made me a bit more active and that is a wonderful feeling.

Life in general has been fun the last month. We have camped out and gone to Arches National Park and  with Eileen and Kevin to Zion's National Park. We got a new 5th wheel to tackle even some winter camping this year. We no longer want to be held captive during the winter. We are going to Lava Hot Springs here shortly with Jason and Melissa and I get excited more everyday as it has been a bit since we last camped together. Also, we are planning a trip over the 4th of July to Yosemite National Park as we have never been there and it's on my list of things to do.

I will keep this short, I just wanted to let everyone know there is occasionally some good news. Just in case you need any excuse to have a drink after work or a few extra this weekend you could have one in spirit with me.

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As always, thanks for reading and caring,

Jeff