I am continually humbled by the number of people who ask how things are going on the cancer front, or otherwise check up on me, and pray for me. I gave a blood sample a couple of weeks ago, and got the results and saw the cancer doc last week. The M-spike (measure of the cancer)
has remained stable at 1.0 over the past two months, and has increased by only
0.3 from the reading 6 months ago in April. This means that the cancer is
increasing at a much slower rate that it appeared to be over the summer. I will
go back for another local test and data point in late December, then go back to
see the friendly folks at Mayo in late January. Although the
cancer doc will never make such predictions, I could see this going another
couple of years before resuming chemo if all continues to go on the current
course, although I am hoping and praying for much more time than that.
Bottom line is that for now I am feeling good, off chemo, and not scheduled
to go back onto chemo anytime soon. Further, the cancer does not appear to have done any damage to the body (bones, organs, etc.). As my pastor's recent sermons from the Sermon on the Mount have
reminded us, anything beyond these things is not something to worry about today. We have
done all we can, and trust the rest to God.
Thank you all for the love, care and prayers.
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