It's been 9 months

 Nine months, as long as it takes to grow a baby, I've been missing from the blog world. I don't like that and I resolve to do better. Because it's so nice to come back here and see so many friends still blogging. I want to be that person. So try, try again for better consistency!

Several of you have asked me about my son. He had very good results from chemotherapy that has also taken nine months, from February through October. The tumor surgically removed from the colon has behaved itself and not returned in any form. The small tumors showing up in his liver were successfully shrunk to nothing by all the chemo, and so far it doesn't appear that the cancer has spread to any other parts of his body. Although he has had a persistent headache and so they're going to do an MRI there to rule out cancer.

It's been a rough year for their little family, but it seems the worst is over, and let's hope it stays that way. He said to me the other day, "Who ever says I'm working on losing this cancer weight" but that's what happened. He gained 30 lbs from chemo! Apparently they include something in the treatment that stimulates appetite since so many lose their appetite and get too thin. Instead, Don had an increase in appetite leading to late night binges and weight he did not need to gain. His other main side effect was neuropathy in his fingers and toes, which is gradually improving.

Now, post-treatment, he goes in for regular CT scans to make sure no tumors return. Then begins the countdown of how many months then years of being cancer-free. I've heard that one is not officially cancer-free until it's been twenty-five years. What a beast is cancer.