Houston and back

We got home from Houston about 11:30 Tuesday (12/15/09) night. I got a good report again, praise God. The tumors continue to shrink and Dr. Abbruzzese is still impressed by my progress. He said I am doing so much better than most that he doesn't know exactly what the next step should be. He has to rely on oncology principles to determine my treatment rather than basing his decisions on what usually works. I will continue the same Chemo treatment until the week of February 22. Then I will get another CT scan and should be scheduled to meet with a radiation oncologist. After that I will probably spend about 6 weeks getting radiation treatments focused on the tumor area of the pancreas. It doesn't sound like a terrible thing to experience, just time consuming since it would be a daily treatment. I think being away from home that long will require some prior planning.