"Love will find you"

Sedona Az May 2007

It's almost Valentines day, this early warning for those who still need to prepare, buy some chocolates, or ??? is provided from an experienced Valentines dummy with time on his hands. It shouldn't take a quasi-holiday to remind us that there are loved ones and people close to us that like to receive red devils or underwear as gifts.  Love the one you're with!  Also, for those experiencing some Winter doldrums- here's a photo of sunny Sedona Arizona. Today's musical guest is Findlay Brown, kind of a new singer-songwriter from England. My favorite song of his is called "Everybody needs love" I couldn't get a good video of it...
My Valentine took me to what was supposed to be a quick doctor appt. yesterday, it just wasn't our day in terms of process as we started at 930 and got home at 230. But it was a great day in terms of lab tests, and hope for the future. My blood numbers are continuing to improve, so is my fitness level.  I had a PET scan last Friday; PET scans look at organs and tumors inside a person after an infusion of sugar water and an isotope. The scan reads how the sugar water is attracted by things to see what is growing or attracting the sugar.  Dr. Senecal was very happy to report that my results showed my tumors are not active and all of my other important processes are running in tune.  Dr. S was unsure what all of this meant, but it was good news- he suspected it would take a lot longer to get to this phase. We are both waiting to hear from the Fred Hutch folks about next steps.  I had a feeling that the two rounds of Nelarabine had put me very close to or in remission. I didn't quite get that word out of Dr. S though.   So, more waiting for a bit.  I am still scheduled for a chemo round starting Presidents day. Happy Valentines day little early, we will be on the road for a little R and R this weekend.  Love, Greg