Random Update

I thought I would just update on my life in general as I haven't really done much on my health as it has been pretty stable, with not much to report - which is a good thing.
As you know I started my new meds on February 1st. I have now been on them for 18 days and things are going good. I was off meds for 10 days before these and in those 10 days my tumors all began to creep back. I was happy to see that after 3 days back on the meds they began to shrink once again. As of right now they are practically gone, it is pretty incredible.
For side effects I got a rash that started on the same day as on the last cycle, day 10. I started to take prednisone immediately and it seems to have stopped the rash in its tracks. I have still been fighting the stomach bug that started on Jan. 30, which it is basically gone but is still lingering a bit. I think my body just isn't as equipt to fight as hard so things linger. Luckily I am not as sick as I was that first week. My bad side effects started on day 20/21 with the last meds so I am just kind of waiting to see if these will be the same or if I will continue on without any more issues. We shall see!
As for the rest of the chaos in my life, it is slowing down. My mom was in the hospital and underwent an angioplasty and a double stint placement to open a 95% blocked artery. She is doing great now, feels like a new person she says. My dad has also been in the hospital recently. He spent 5 days inpatient for what we believe is a severe staph infection in his leg. He is now home on some very strong IV antibiotics and is slowly getting better. No idea how he got it, but happy to see that things are getting better and not worse. Now that all things are starting to slow down I am able to get some things in order and work on some things at home. February and early March are historically bad for me so I just have to truck my way through them... One day I will break this curse, but it isn't looking like this is my year. I am just hoping there aren't any big things like the last two years. Life can be boring for me, I wouldn't complain.

I have scans next week so we will see what they show and then have a continuing treatment plan.

Here are my recent neck/tumor pictures. You'd never really know much was there at this point.