update as of Monday, November 15th

I was supposed to have posted this Monday, but I got sidetracked. Sorry

I met with my lead doctor at Duke, Dr. Desjardins, on Monday. Great news! She said the MRI looked great, and that the indention in my brain left from the tumor has started to fill in and the "sliver of growth" that was present in the last MRI is practically gone, with only a very small, pea-sized amount left.

I start back on the chemo Temodar, and another drug, Topetekan, within the next month. In addition, I will also be on the trial drug, Avastin, for the next year, with MRI's and Duke visits, every 3 months.

I am so glad my wife and my sister were there to witness the good news.

God is truly awesome, and prayer is very powerful.

Matthew 19:26

"Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Update for November 8th, 2010

Update.......November 8th, 2010

I am very sorry that I haven't done an update in a while. I have been busy trying to keep myself busy. (I am so ready to get back to work and feel productive again)

As of Friday, October 28th, I was offically done with radiation and chemo. All 34 treatments are complete!!

This will be a busy week for me.On Wednesday, I meet with my neurosurgeon, Dr. Morrison, who performed my surgery. I am anxious to see what he has to say. He has final word on when I can return to work.

Thursday, I have an MRI scheduled. They will scan my tumor, which will give us a peek at how well the radiation and chemo did. They did caution me that the radiation can cause some swelling of the tumor, and give us a false picture, and that a more accurate scan can be done in a couple of months. Duke ordered this scan, so therefore I'm doing it.

Once the scan is complete they will give me a copy on a CD, which I will take with me when I drive up on Sunday for my Monday appointment at Duke. They are going to do bloodwork, and a kidney check through urinalysis.

Saturday will be spent at a good friend's house, attending a chili cook-off he is hosting for his church. This will be a fun day!

My sister is coming in town and will go with me to the appointment, which I am super excited about!!She lives in Tallahassee, and hasn't been able to be part of this process like she would have wanted.

I will post another update when I get back after seeing what Duke has to say. I do know now that I will be starting back on my pill form Chemo drug in December, in addition to another drug that Duke University will be prescribing. I dread this, but my medical oncologist assured me that it won't cause the fatigue that the radiation caused. I hope he is right!.

Our awesome God continues to bless me everyday, because he loves me and because of the kind thoughts and prayers of all of my friends and loved ones. Well, that's it for now. More to follow when I get back from Duke......

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God"

Roman 8:31

"What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?"