Saturday, February 23, 2013

PET Scan Update - Good News

Harold had a PET scan earlier this week to check for tumors in the rest of his body. We met with our oncologist yesterday to hear the results. He came into the exam room, sat down at his computer to show us the report and exclaimed, " I'm getting good at this." 
"Good at what?" I questioned. "Logging onto the computer?" 
"No," he responded with a grin, "treating cancer. These are very good results!" 

And they were:

1. No new tumors
2. Most of the previous tumors are gone.
3. The two remaining are much smaller and even more importantly, they are less actively taking up the radioactive glucose used in the scan - an indication they are on their way out.

We all marvel at the progress Harold is making. The chemotherapy treatments appear to be working as well as the continued faith and prayers of friends and family.
 

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