I got my semi-annual CT scan last week, and the 9mm tumor near my spleen has not grown at all. NO change. That’s about the best news you can get! Happy day. Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement. I suppose I should throw a party!! Would you come? :P<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I got my semi-annual CT scan last week, and the 9mm tumor near my spleen has not grown at all. NO change. That’s about the best news you can get! Happy day. Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement. I suppose I should throw a party!! Would you come? :P<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":194,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9M0Zg-63","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":377,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/big-stories\/the-cancer-battle\/ct-scan-showed-tumor-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":375,"position":0},"title":"CT scan showed tumor growth","author":"m","date":"March 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I got my semi-annual CT scan on Friday, and Dr. Levine reported that a mucinous layer had expanded from 5mm in the previous scan to 9mm. 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