Apologies to all for having been quiet for so long. It was brought to my attention that my silence might be interpreted as a bad sign, you know, with the brain cancer and all.
Truth be told I’ve been meaning to get to updating for a while but between work and other daily life it keeps slipping away. I made a New Year’s resolution to update my blog (and generally to write) more often, and feel decidely remiss in having accomplished nothing in that regard so far. I am trying to mend my ways, however. Hopefully I can get something started.
Regarding my health, I had my latest MRI on my birthday (January 15th) and received the results, which are quite positive, a few days later. While the official radiologists report noted “no significant interval change”, which in itself would be good news, it also quoted the maximal radius of the primary enhancing region at 7mm. It had been 8.9mm 6 months ago. While 6 months is a long time, any evidence of continued shrinking of the tumor is extremely positive. On looking at the scans themselves, both my oncologist and I could clearly see a decrease in contrast enhancement, meaning less blood flowing to the tumor area, always a good thing.
I continue to feel well and am in the process of preparing for an official transfer to become a US Salesforce employee and an eventual return to live in the Bay Area. Much is up in the air but there is a lot of positive potential for the future.
That’s it for now. I’ve posted a ton of pictures to my Flickr site recently and received about 13 rolls of processed film to scan today. I hope all are well and hope to post a lot more thoughts in the near and continuing future.