June 18th

I write this entry with great relief, the CT scan I had last week showed no growth or signs of the tumor in my chest. The MRI looks exactly like it did in January, which means the tumor did not grow at all, which is what they look for. Both doctor Hung and Dr. Ryan said this was better than they ever expected. They were very pleased that again, I have no pain and that I am back to running. The plan is for me to go back in three months for another MRI. The only thing I have to be aware of is that if I feel any pain I have to give him a call. So I will keep that in mind. This routine will continue for a year. Dr. Hung says time is our friend and our hopes are that it never comes back, so we will keep our fingers crossed. So right now our whole family is celebrating because this is the best scenario we could have expected. Thanks again for every body's thoughts and prayers, they really helped keep me going. Three cheers for modern technology! Kath and I love showing off our new home, so if anybody happens to travel by Salem, give us a call and let us know. You wont find it on mapquest because it is such a new street, so we will give you directions.

June 14th

We are really enjoying our new home. We have had deer, coyotes and hawks as frequent visitors. It has been nice to hear farm noises outside rather than city noises. We can see St. Helens and Mt. Hood from our front porch. Thanks to Michael and Tiffany, I increased my run to 50 minutes today, I felt like I could go longer, but Kath told me I had to be smart so I let them go on the rest without me. We have furnished our house and it is coming along nicely. We got the couch and chair on Wednesday; it was nice to not sit on the floor or hard dining room chairs. Chubs continues to be a bastard to Michael and Tiff. I have been walking and biking consistently. South Salem has never been known for having flat terrain so I am either running, biking or walking up a lot of hills.

I had my ct scan and MRI on Thursday and we go to the sarcoma clinic Wednesday to hear the results. I will update the blog after the appt to let you know what we know. I hope everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable Father's Day.

June 5th

Sorry it has been so long, but we shut everything off (internet and TV) while we were planning our move and during our move. As of Sunday we our officially in our new home. I especially want to thank Andy, Tiff, Tory, Chris, Michael, Jeff, Yuie, Bill, Tom, Harold, Ken, Mom, Buzz, BC and Robin for helping move our 22 years accumulated belongings from that house. We have really been enjoying this week, slowly moving things around and planning where pictures and furniture go. We have decided to buy new things and we didn't even bother to move old things, we just gave them away. The only daunting task that needed to be completed in our new house was the lawn. It had not been mowed since the turf was laid. It was as long as a field of oats. I really have to give a big thank you to Ken because he volunteered to come out and he worked from 10:30 to 2:30 working on our yard. He was a lovely shade of green when he was finished. Kath is having fun putting the kitchen together. It is her dream kitchen that only took her 33 years to get. She is going to have to learn to cook with a new gas stove, but I am sure she will master that like she does everything else. Aaron's cat, which we inherited is the only one to seem to have problems with our relocating. She inst sure what to make of the hard wood floors and the high ceilings. I love our location because we are close to the city, yet it seems like the country. Beautiful sunsets and yesterday our neighbors had a deer and coyotes in their yard.

As for me, I am still feeling great. I run in the morning for about forty minutes a day and am riding my bicycle whenever I can. My hair is continuing to grow. I go have my MRI and catscan done on the 12th and we meet with the sarcoma clinic on the following week to find out results. Looking forward to summer weather returning and we should be settled in about a week. We love having visitors and our glad to show off our house. Even the person who installed our internet and cable was impressed with the workmanship on the house. We'll give you an update after my results. (after the 19th) Once again, thanks for your thoughts and prayers. I love you all!