Today was results day. I will present them and then do the commentary. The mass on my pancreas has not grown. The mass on my liver is shrinking. My health overall is good. My bodily functions are returning to normal. I will continue chemotherapy for one more set of three cycles, as before. I will then change to a regimen to be determined by the results of the next CT scan. Briefly, I ain't gonna die any time soon.

I was disappointed, I wanted a full and final victory over pancreatic cancer. I wanted the mass in my pancreas to be eradicated without so much as a trace. No such luck. My wife is overjoyed that the mass has not grown. My oncologist is happy that I am doing as well as I am. They both tell me that this much success, this much of a victory is rare in pancreatic cancer. By the stats I should be dead. But I am not dead nor do I intend to be dead any time soon.

Damnable part of it all is that since I underwent chemo today there will be no celebration in the traditional way, in fact my wife is out with a friend leaving me home to post alone. That leaves me to ask my readers to do something for me.

I am alive, I am healthy, and I am not going to die any time soon. Please readers, lift a glass and toast for me. I'll join you when I am off of chemo and have achieved a full and complete victory. It is coming and I am just the man to do it.