6th April, 2018

Good news at Nick's follow-up this afternoon! Nick's beta-carotene blood markers are way down. He'd been at about 90,000 just before the start of chemo. This had dropped to about 32,000 after cycle #1. As of today, the disease is in full retreat, with the tumour markers at a mere 630 or so. All other blood work is solid, so Nick's got a green light to proceed with cycle #3 on Monday. They'll do a CT scan after this round, just to see what visible tumours remain. If all looks good, Nick could be done treatment after cycle #4, in about 6-8 weeks, which in turn means that we'd be able to return to work and get back to normal life. 

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  1. Unknown6 April 2018 at 17:56

    Thank God.. not over but sure seems like things are gonna be. I hope so for you and Tanja and especially Nick.. Enough is enough! Thank God Matt... Love you guys

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