December 30 2024

I see that I have not kept up with this blog (sorry). Since I last posted the main tumor has been removed and 2 metasteses in my liver have been burnded out. Since then I have had more chemotherapy (fluoro uracil and anti epidermal growth factor receptor). One new thing is a very modern test for mutant DNA circulating in my blood. It seems that cancers pump out a lot of DNA so this is very sensitive. The latest result was negative -- no mutant DNA, no sign of cancer. It arrived on Christmas day (best Christmas present ever), Also the last session of chemotherapy is scheduled for January 7 2025. I am very pleased.

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