Good news!

My doctor didn't mince words this morning, so I won't either:

Dr. P: "This is fabulous."
me: "Is the tumor smaller?"
Dr. P: "By at least 75%. The tumor itself is gone, there's just some abnormal tissue remaining. It looks very, very good."

Did she say "gone"? She did. Gone. After 2 1/2 weeks? Ha!

So, there's still some zapping to do and a spot of the enemy to scare away, but the growth itself has reduced just to the site where it began, and hopefully as I write it continues to be replaced with strong healthy tissue.
I'd gone in this morning to just check in with her--expecting nothing like this totally thrilling progress report. Needless to say, it was more than worth a surprise exam.
We still have a ways to go--this is only week 3 of 6, but I'm feeling pretty great about the results so far, and I know that they exceed my doc team's expectations. It (a) validates my plan to be a curve breaker (b) changes point #3 of the Mantra to "It IS responding to treatment" and (c), reminds me yet again that a great support team and an incredible circle of wagons out there in the world DOES make a difference.

In less exciting news, the chemo and radiation are starting to have some pesky side effects that I won't bother to share, but they're all manageable, especially in light of the fact that this is all doing just what it's supposed to, really well. I can do anything for 6 weeks, if it means that I can spend my springtime in Crow, get back to my normal life and put this episode into history.

Onward!
As always, much love and thanks for the support,
jmmb