Bob and I had some pretty good news Wednesday. According to a cat scan Bob had on Monday, the tumor in his esophagus has shrunk 30%. This was as much as the doctor thought it would shrink total after the treatment, so for it to have shrunk that much already, is good news. Dr. Cheung said he believes that it will continue to shrink for 5-6 weeks after the completion of the treatment, so we should see it get even smaller.
The doctor wants to do 10 more treatments to get the tumor to shrink even more. He wanted Bob to go ahead and start the final 10 this Monday, but Bob is incredibly exhausted and asked the doctor if he could have a couple of weeks off. The doctor agreed to that, so that's where we are right now. Bob will begin the 10 treatments on December 10th.
So we have a couple of weeks where we actually get to stay in our house, and not a hotel, and no super long drive for me. Yesterday was the first day for me in a month that I didn't have to go somewhere. It was really nice. We had a very low key Thanksgiving dinner, the two of us, and rested and it was marvelous. We hope that everyone else's Thanksgiving was as lovely as ours felt.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Carol
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a peaceful and relaxing weekend.
That's awesome news. We are glad to hear that you were able to have a nice Thanksgiving to celebrate together. We hope the next two weeks give Bob all the rest he needs for the next round. Blessings to you both.
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