The long awaited news. My tumor (cancer) has shrunk to 2.5cm and my CA19-9 levels have come down from 735 to 345. My oncologist has placed me on a six week break from chemo. I will be tested again in mid September and if the CA19-9 numbers do not go up I may get another six weeks off. The cancer's original size of 4.5cm on my pancreas and a similar size mass on my liver is reduced to 2.5 on my pancreas and nothing on my liver. (A separate test on the liver showed I have a perfectly healthy liver.) The pancreatic cancer is not going to kill me any time soon.

Nutri-Nazi is in tears with happiness that I am going to live long enough to be a grey haired old man. I am kind of numb. Mostly just tired. I had a hard day yesterday. I had flu symptoms and a temperature of 102. Today I feel like I want to sleep for a while and take a Nexium so my stomach feels better. Once I get past the upset stomach I'll make plans for what I want to do next.

Life. I'm going to have a life. I need to digest this news and put it in perspective.