Amazing ...

Ok, so I know some of you want details about my amazing night last night. But I have something more AMAZING to talk about ...

Two weekends ago I was having extreme difficulty swallowing. So much so that I was in tears even swallowing my own saliva. My mouth had sores in it because instead of enduring the pain of swallowing I was wiping out any and all secretion I was producing inside my mouth.

The home health nurse came that Sunday and told me that it wasn't a good sign, and she put in a call to my doctor. He scheduled me to come in the next day, Monday, May 5th.

I went in, was examined, had a CT scan and was told the scarring from my surgery and radiation had advanced more than they thought it would and I'd need to go to California to have my esophagus dilated. This wasn't too much of a shock to me because I was told before I left California that I'd have to have this done every 6 months anyway. Arrangements were made for this to take place next week.

This past weekend I started back with the horrible swallowing pain, but also intense burning pain from the back of my throat all the way to the pit of my stomach. It was like someone had poured Tabasco sauce down my throat. Even breathing was difficult at times. On Sunday morning I put a call into my doctor here in Utah and waited for him to call me back. Five hours later I get a call from my doctor in California. He tells me that from the scans I had done on the 5th it showed my cancer had returned. Apparently they were going to wait to tell me this when I arrived next week.

Monday afternoon I got a call from my doctor, he wanted me to go in for a MRI yesterday. I then get another call stating they want ANOTHER CT scan. So, I go in for that this morning. This afternoon I get yet another call. My doctor wants to meet with me before the end of the day. We get there and are immediately taken to a room. The doctor comes in and starts to show me the 3 different images that they have gotten the last 10 days ...

The first one was the CT scan taken 10 days ago. It CLEARLY shows 3 spots, one of which looks HUGE.

The second one is the one from the MRI yesterday. In that one it shows ONLY 1 spot.

Then the doctor puts up on the screen the two CT scans - first the one from May 5th, then next to it the one done this morning. Amazing!!

You would have thought you were looking at scans from 2 different people.

The scan done today shows the same spot that shows up on the MRI. And that spot is quite small. That spot is the same spot that looks HUGE in the first scan.

Two spots GONE. The 3rd spot reduced OVER 3/4 in size.

Amazed? My doctors are, too.

Their comments ... they actually didn't have any. They were stunned.

My comments ... please keep chanting and praying. AMAZING MYSTIC things are indeed happening.
Also a HUGE thank you to Staci. Without your encouragement and presence in my life who knows if I'd be typing this today. As you always say ... ONWARD HO!! (dude) :)