Excellent news for a Cancer Sister

My friend Gail (my Gail with the brain tumor) got wonderful news today. Here is the message her husband sent:

"Gail had an MRI this morning at Dana Farber in Boston. Scan showed about 50% reduction in tumor from last scan 8 weeks ago. Same reduction both in temporal lobe (original tumor location) and in vicinity of optical nerve (where last scan showed tumor had spread).

"This is better than average result for patients like Gail who begin taking Avastin after recurrent tumor growth. FDA recently approved Avastin for recurrent brain tumors based on studies showing 26% of such patients having 50% or more reduction. Gail is pleased that she is in the group with such good results! We are all greatly relieved..."

Isn't that fabulous news? I'm so excited for Gail and her family. When you're walking the fine line, you look for every bit of good news. It carries you forward with a momentum that I just can't explain. You have to go there to understand.

Whatever. It's great news and that's the only thing that matters.

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