I am pleased (no positively excited) to report to you that not only has the tumour completely disappeared or been cooked out of existence by the radiation at the macroscopic clinically observable level, but that also any earlier suggestion that it had spread to surrounding lymph nodes or adjacent organs is now effectively a thing of the past.
This phenomenon called a clinical complete response has been observed in up to 30% of people with this particular type of tumour, and having undergone this specific type of treatment for it.
Of course this does not necessarily mean that some cancer cells may still not exist at the microscopic level, or that this means that she may still not need to at a later time undergo the disfiguring and irreversible surgery which is the conventional treatment for her condition.
But it definitely does give us an incredible amount of new hope and confidence for the future, as well as considerably more time and breathing space to be able to more fully consider our options, and decide with her doctor's guidance what is the best possible future course of action to take with the intention to maximise both the quantity and quality of her remaining years.
Our next planning session is in exactly two weeks time from yesterday (April 3rd), but I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for your kind comments, healing thoughts and prayers.
It is impossible for me to say how much of this seeming miracle was due to the chemoradiation, and how much of it is attributable to your positive energies sent in her direction, but please do not stop them now as we are clearly not completely out of the woods quite yet on the road to a very long remission. You can never talk about curing cancer: no matter how much I would like to be able to say that she is permanently cured.
May what positive energies you have extended to my wife and her family be returned to you many times over in the form of improved health and prosperity, and above all lasting happiness and success on all levels.
EoT
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