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Hi everyone,

I know I've been silent for the past couple of weeks so I'll fill you in a bit on what's happened.  After New Years Eve, which was an amazing evening with my wife and friends on a Lake Union cruise, we went to get a second set of eyes on my case at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA).  The doctor and staff were great but after that meeting we were a bit bummed out because mentally it put us back to the beginning of this whole process. We just weren't prepared for that.  We did learn about some trials that I could possibly get into but I would have to get off my treatments that seem to have been working so far.  Also the doctor said that surgery is not a great option because I would go off chemo to get the surgery and he has seen, in most cases, that the cancer spread to other parts of the body during this time.  Not really encouraging. 

But on to some good news.  I had my first follow-up CT scan at Swedish on Monday since my diagnosis and original scan.  Just got done talking to my doctor and he told me that most of the time he is telling patients with this type of cancer that their cancer is growing, which is not good.  He told me that everything is stable with no growth and in fact, one tumor actually shrunk by a 1/4.  Feeling good with that. So same chemo, same plan for the next 9 weeks and then another scan.

Everything else is going great.  Still no pain, no nausea, no massive hair loss and the Hawks are in the championship game.   Go Hawks!  Just about to get hooked up so more later (and sooner :) )

Cheers, Chris