Hi Chris-
Thanks for your post- it is encouraging to hear stories about other people who are doing well on their treatments. I'm getting scanned again in a few weeks to see how it's going, the first scans showed slight shrinkage but not much. Hopefully it is just too early to tell, after only a few weeks. It's true, there's all these terms like treatable, curable, terminal, palliative and it's hard to sort out how to feel about it. I'm trying just to take it one day at a time and hope for the best.

Brenda, I like to garden and do stuff around the house too- during the chemo days I take it easy and watch alot of movies. But the rest of the time I feel ok so I try to keep busy. I quit my job because I have a 1 year old and I figure any extra energy I have I want to give to him. Luckily we have a daycare where he can go on the days I'm getting treated or not feeling up to chasing him. So I tell people I'm "Retired" because I'm not really a stay at home mom! wink Oh, and I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's about 6 hours north of Hungtington Beach.
Thanks again for the replies, it is nice to have some folks to talk to about this stuff!
Melissa

Age 36. Four years of fighting Stage 4 Skull Base Cancer
Can't even fit it in the signature line. I've tried it all! 5 surgeries, IMRT, cyberknife, cisplatin, erbitux, AIM, taxotere, carboplatin.