Great News About Most Recent CT Scan of Yesterday!

We're very pleased to report that the results of my most recent CT scan, which I had yesterday, June 14, 2012 (Brandon and Anita Cook's 15th Anniversary--Happy Anniversary, First-Cousins-Once-Removed!), are most encouraging, indeed! The 4 rounds of chemotherapy (FOLFIRI + Avastin for the last 2 treatments) I've had over the past 10 weeks have stopped the recurrent appendix cancer tumors dead in their tracks! The tumors on my peritoneum are not growing anymore! What an enormous relief! Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Your mighty prayers have been answered! Keep them coming! The plan is to keep beating down on any remaining tumors for another 3 months or so and confirm further progress with yet another CT scan then! After that, we'll assess the situation and perhaps enter into a chemo maintenance regime where I might be able to keep the rather aggressive appendix tumors at bay using pills that are as effective as the 5 Fluoro-Uracil (5FU) and the Avastin, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the formation of blood vessels that would otherwise supply the tumors with blood! Ideally, with the right combination of a much improved diet (I haven't had any red meat to speak of since mid-April!) that's largely whole food and plant-based, mostly vegan-ish (especially if you consider fish and other seafoods and the occasional poultry and dairy products to be "vegetables"!), lots more and better sleep, a modest amount of exercise, and continual prayer (although without much fasting!) coupled with sensible weight loss, I might even be able to wean myself off the maintenance chemo entirely! I'm so blessed and fortunate that so far the side effects from the chemo have truly been very minimal--I even have most of my greying mane of unruly Einsteinian hair! Thank God I'll be able to live long enough for newer and better and more effective chemo therapies to be developed, too! I'm receiving my 5th round of chemo (18th round altogether) even as I post this! Bless the Lord oh my soul! All is well with my soul and all is getting well with my body, too! Amen!