Great News Follows Depressing News
Mark received chemotherapy three days this week, staying overnight in the hospital the first day of chemotherapy. He asked his chemo doctor how long he would have to have chemotherapy. Answer: "Indefinately until the cancer eventually takes over some time." Wow...spending all this money and Mark being really sick from the chemo and weak and having so many strange side effects, as well as pain and doing this indefinately. It was not exhilerating news.
Even so, Mark looked the picture of health getting his chemo. He has pink complexion and is alert and well dressed. He has gained weight while I am here. He is cheerful, jokes with the nurses, and on the second day of chemo was exercising in the hall with his IV stand in tow. He was doing stretches including bending over and palms to the floor.

Yesterday during the third day of chemo Mark ran into his lady doctor who did his radiation and was asking her about cyber knife and other options and she told him she would go over his options with him if he would make an appointment. He made an appointment for today. She went over all his records with us. We will get copies tomorrow. The Cat scan report from the hospital on Saipan said something about a small lesion in the lung. There was not a lung lesion in subsequent Cat scans in Thailand. The endoscopy done recently actually shows the Gastro esophogeal tumor gone..not there. There are five lesions in the liver all about 2.5 cm each....and a few very small ones. Unless something changes, a radiofrequency may be a possibility on the ones under 3, though we worry the doctor will only be willing to RF one or two of them at a time; this is major surgery.