Good News! Keep Praying! Keep Encouraging!

Hello all.
Well some good news. After the MRI Di was very stressed and shaking. She said NO MORE. Anyhow calmed her down and off for blood work and then the dear doc. He said the episode of last weekend was probably due to them decreasing one of the drugs - a steroid. If it continues they will up the strength. Then he shows us the MRI and says there has been some shrinkage which was exciting. The main tumour has shrunk considerably. Di then asked what her life expectancy was. He said was still hard to say but could be between 6 months and 24 months. He has some avastin patients who have been around for 5 years. The drug has been around for 5 years. I questioned about the reports on the Internet speaking about only prolonging 2 months. He said the better results were not published as they were still ongoing. So we have decided to continue for another 2 months with 4 more infusions. We will then make a further decision then. He said it was def good news.
I asked Diana what she would like to do and she said carry on. I told her no more complaining, if she wanted to carry on.
We are def not out of the woods, but much better than we thought.
So thanks for all the prayers and support. The old girl is still breathing.
Ian

News from Ann Arbor

Hello all. We are in Ann Arbor again for another infusion. Di is basically the same and no real change, though the memory is getting worse. Saw the doc and no changes till the next MRI in 2 weeks time. I did ask how long she would be on the Avastin and basically as long as her body can take it for the rest of her life with Temodar thrown in once a month. We are both not happy!!!! Looks like no long trips to South Africa. We will wait and see what happens in 2 weeks.
Love u all. Ian