Wednesday, January 22, 2014

good news

The tumors near the adrenal glands and kidney are indeed shrinking.  They are also looking darker in the middle, which could indicate dying or dead tumor.  The top of the kidney certainly looks less threatened. 

The cancer is retreating. 

Slowly.  The largest mass shrunk from 38 mm to 33 mm.  We would hope/expect to see even more shrinkage in the next scan in 6 weeks.  These immunotherapies often take time.  And really, cancer in one spot it surgically fixable.  

Another bullet dodged.  Another miracle received.  Another reason to hope that this thing might not the unconquerable monster it so often seems.

There was nothing better than sharing this good news with the boys.  I still let them pray every night that Mom's cancer will go away.   Today we are one step closer.


20 comments:

  1. Yay!! I'm doing the happy dance!! Keep it up!

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  2. Cheering from New York! We love you.

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  3. Whew! I hope you did the happy dance, complete with confetti!

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  4. Best news ever! I'm so glad. Way to fight, Lintons!

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  5. That is terrific news! You are amazing Alisa!

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  6. That is wonderful news! We will continue to pray that the boy's mom's cancer goes away also. Love you.

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  7. Oh YEAH!! This is the news I love to read.

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  8. Hooray! I go for scans in two weeks - we'll pray and hope that my tumors are shrinking as well as yours! Good news days are the BEST!

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