One person's not bad is another person's EWWW!

So we are in the oncologists office and Dad mentions he has another one of his x-file worhty sores so the Dr. takes a look. Dad says "it's getting better, it's not so bad any more" and take off the guaze to show the Dr. The Dr. says "EWWWW!". So two very different reactions to the same thing....which makes me wonder what it looked like when Dad thought it was bad. After saying that, I remind everyone as you read that perception and relativity are both important - especially in a lingering illness such as cancer.

Now for the update from the appointment. Very good news..there is no new growth and even some very minor decrease in a couple of the soft tissue tumors (liver, lungs, etc.), no new lymph nodes are involved that can be seen. His head scan was negative again, so unfortunately Dad's brain is still missing....ha ha. They did an MRI of his pelvis and tops of his femors (thigh bones) because he has been having more pain there. He does have tumors throughout his pelivs bone and in the tops of his femors, which in itself is not new, but it is thought that the disease has progressed in his bones but it is not know to what extend. He opted against radiation on his hios at this point, he says the pain is tolerable. I am kind of glad for that, I really don't think the radiation helped much last time and it knocked him down.

So I am content with the news, I think anytime we are "maintaining" and not losing ground is all we can hope for.

He still gets the Zometa (bone hardener) & the Avastin every three weeks as maintenance, this will continue for at least another three months or until we need to start something else. They will do another CT scan to check progress around the end of December or sooner if needed.

So now we wait and hope he maintains for a while. As always keep up the thoughts & prayers, we still need them!