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I did not get very good news today at the cancer center. My CT scan yesterday showed that the larger of my liver tumors grew 50%, from 2.0 cm to 2.99 cm and it started at 5.2 cm when I was first diagnosed. There were new spots on my liver and a lymph node nearby has been infected with cancer, shooting my CEA from 2.9 to 7.9 since my last count was checked. So, the current treatment is doing me no good, and I will be going back Monday and getting some pills to take instead of IVs and the chemo pump. The pills will be giving me side effects, too, of course. Once I return from Europe, I will start a clinical trial of some sort. Once more, I was told I can't be cured and they are trying to extend my life. They just won't say by how much.
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