You are all too kind!

So we had our second scan and the results are in. I am stable. There is no further reduction but neither is there any growth in the tumors they are monitoring, at least within the margin of error. My doctor, is relentlessly enthusiastic and is quite happy with that. He enjoyed pointing out that as the tumor is in my lymph nodes, there is really no way of guaranteeing if they will ever shrink all the way anyway.

Regardless, the results are good -- I am partial response and stable in my experiment scans. Of course I would have preferred further reduction, but I did say I would be happy with stable so I will stick to that.

Meanwhile, I continue weekly Cetuximab treatments and daily magic pills, both of which seem to be agreeing with me overall, insofar as the rash has subsided and the dry skin is at least manageable even if it is sometimes a bit irritating.

All and all I have little to complain about, at least for the near term . Through it my wonderful wife and best friend continues to sit and watch, wait and learn, and ask all of the questions I always forget. Without her I would be in serious trouble, hehe.

Thanks to all for the well wishes and high hopes!!

The Hellion