All good things.

Saw my medical oncologist today. Special thanks to Michelle B. and the boy's for the ride. Just a routine follow up to check on me and make sure all is going as planned. Blood counts were fine and the weight was up from my last appointment with him. All and all a good visit that had me in good spirits afterward. He scheduled a CT scan for me on the date that I get my PET scan results. The reason for that is a CT scan will be to actually give him a idea of weather or not there is anything left inside my tonsil area. He especially wants to see if there is any lymph node tissue still left in there. He suspects the tumor is gone, just obliterated from the radiation. If any lymph node tissue is still there, and is larger then one centimeter, it will have to come out, although he does not foresee that being a issue with me. The PET scan looks for cancer cells only, where the CT is more like a 3-D X-ray, if that makes any sense. I do not know how else to explain the difference in the two types of scans I will be having other than that. All I can do is hope they both come back clean. My condition improves with each couple of days as well as my attitude. I got out of the house last weekend and enjoyed a small parade close to home with Isabella. I think it helps to get out and to try and start doing some normal things. I curse the Georgia pollen though, allergies are one thing I do not need on top of everything else going on. I can now get some water down and had some ice cream the other day. My throat seems to improve each day and the doctor said I should start attempting soft foods, such as eggs. We have become excited enough to start talking about what type of vacation to take this summer for a sorta of celebration if all goes well. I hope we are not getting ahead of ourselves, but it helps to remain optimistic and to look forward to something. Right now that would be a trip in late August to Colorado thanks to a offer from old friend Lauren Mitchell to use her condo. After seeing the info on the place, it was a offer we thought was to good to let go by. Many thanks to her and her husband Micheal for this opportunity that I hope we can take advantage of. We will just have to wait now and see how it all goes next month.