I really should have posted this good news last night, but somehow by the time we got home and attended to the have to's I fell asleep.

To take it all in chronological order we started the day picking up our films from yesterday's scan and heading in to Hollywood for chemo. After the usual bit of difficulty finding a vein Elaine sailed through that part of the day. Then we had lunch followed by a visit with our oncologist who seems to be much more relaxed and friendly now that all is going well. His report was great as all 9 tumours has shrunk by about 50% since the last scan in October and ther are no new ones. Since they had all grown in the period from September to October this is fantastically good news as it means the chemo is working. We are not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination and this is an unpredictable disease but progress is being made. Elaine is handling the chemo well and the side effects are there but not intruding very much into her lifestyle. Chemo will continue in the new year and hopefully it will continue to work well.

Following that we went to afternoon tea with Elaine niece and grand nieces who have just arrived from Canada. A small scotch was had to celebrate the good news. Then we had a dinner date with Taylor to celebrate his birthday. Thus is my excuse for falling into bed without doing a blog.

We will try not to get too carried away with these gains but we are now even more positive than before and we are heading off in the motorhome for 5 days. So happy Chanukah and merry Christmas every one.