Update for 9-22-06

Just returned from seeing the doctor at Mayo. He didn't tell us anything new. The liver tumor has grown some as have the lung tumors. He feel our best option is systemic chemo using Gemcitibine and Xeloda. He said we could wait a few months if we wanted to take some trips. He also said we could look at local chemoembolization which would go directly to the tumor in the liver. It would require a few hospital days because of the pain and would do nothing for the metastases. We will have to talk to the Dr. at Northwestern and see what she has to say. He continues to feel just about the same and today was not as hard as I expected but I don't have cancer. Joe is being such a trooper. We are going to take a break from the vegan diet and he is going to have steak tonight. We will head home tomorrow. Thanks again to all of you. Don't stop praying. We know God still has His hand in this. God Bless Mary Anne

Because we both blog here -- no picture shows up on this first page. So here's Joe -- Occasionally we'll put the picture here so you don't have to scroll down to see!