The pictures to prove it

Everyone felt like it was getting smaller, and now we have the pictures to prove it! I had the CT this morning. Instead of the chalky stuff, I drank the juice stuff. (It has the opposite effect on my bowels. Let's just say that I've had a good cleansing today.) And this afternoon, Dr. Glick called with the good news that we all expected: the liver lesions have all shrunk significantly. I don't have all the details; he sounded rushed on the phone and I couldn't put together all the questions that I have into words. He makes me kind of nervous. The bottom line, of course, is that it confirms the "objective partial remission" label. I wanted more, but I'm happy with this. I'm greedy for good health.

Tuesday is my next chemo, and I assume that we will stay the course and continue on the current regimen. There's no reason to decrease or change the schedule, since we know it's working. I had said that I wanted to look at the scan and compare it to when the tumors were larger. But now I'm not so sure I want to do that. I like to imagine that my liver is totally clear, and seeing them on the scan will make it all too real that they're still there. There's still a lot of work to be done, and I want to stay focused on visualizing that clean liver.

Ok, back to the bathroom.