Inbetween days

While the tumor marker is up, it is not up significantly.
Nothing new visible on the PET/CT scan.
The doctors are giving me 2 more months of treatment-free frolicking until the new test, so I can stop worrying about cancer too much and prepare for our "untango" performance on October 21/22 (you heard it here first! mark your calendars, it's going to be nothing less than wonderful!)

What keeps you going

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive.

Barbara Kingsolver, "Animal Dreams"

Quote of the day

"to cope with inevitable loss, to face life in all its confusion and absurdity and still retain the capacity for joy, laughter, and a belief that our struggles have meaning - this is to prevail."
Gordon Livingston "And Never Stop Dancing"

Marker is up again :(
I'm getting really tired of all this up-and-down stuff. The doctors seem to be stuck at playing whack-a-mole - wait for a tumor to grow, then whack it with radiation, then wait for a new one. What's the point???

Quick update

Blood marker is way down, no treatment for now, monthly tests only

It's a win-win situation!

What does a tanguero who is trying to learn Spanish and gets treated for cancer do before his appointment? That's right, he picks up the La radioterapia y usted and starts singing it to the tune of La Cumparsita :)

Anyway, all 35Gy are now in, no treatments to endure for a month! After that - another scan. If the therapy worked, that would mean a couple more treatment-free months. If it didn't, that would mean I have a "measurable disease" and therefore, am eligible for clinical trials. Either way, it's a win-win situation!

Seven Grays, so far so good

Had my first SBRT appointment, seven Grays, so far so good.
Getting ready for the milonga at NETA tonight