OMG as you all can imagine as I know most people of heard by now that the news was good yesterday and I am what's called "stable growth".  I actually had one tumor in my neck area shrink and another tumor is almost completely dead.  I have NO new growth and the stable overall growth means that none of the tumors have grown beyond the protocal's limit (they are growing but at ha-ha an acceptable rate).  So what this means in laymen terms is that I will stay on the medicine (and as long as the side effects stay within an acceptable range) for another 12 weeks and then I get all of the scans again.  They won't increase what I am taking, they did determine that the higher doses were too toxic for me so as long as everything stays like it is now I will stay on the 75 milligrams, I therefore can't get anymore breaks over the next 12 weeks otherwise I'll be taken off the drug so here's not to hope that the 75mg stays the way it is.

To finally come home and celebrate yesterday and then to see coworkers/friends and my two cousins today and celebrate with them just really felt wonderful. 

 I wish I could see everyone and do that same but unfortunaly I can't.  I am functioning a little better these days so at least I can get out more and see more people and I do plan on taking advantage of the nice weather and visiting more often so hopefully I'll see more of you soon.

I also will try to get back on here to keep in touch more, it really did get crazy for a while and between how I felt and then if I was feeling good I had to catch up on everything else that it was hard to find time to get on the computer.  So I hope to change that and at least do a weekly blog it does help me feel better to get some of the feeling down on paper, it's a large part of keeping my head together. 

Love & Peace

Sue