And this month's tumor marker was . . .

Drum roll, please!!!


15.4!!

Now, that is the CA15-3 tumor marker. That's the 7th month where that marker has been below 20!

Very cool, huh?

The history is:

Sept 2007 - 23 U/mL
Jan 2008 - 31 U/mL
Mar 2008 - 36 U/mL
June 2008 - 23 U/mL (started radiation that month)
Aug 2008 - 18 U/mL
Sept 2008 - 14.5 U/mL YAAAAAAY!!!
Oct 2008 - 19.6 U/mL
Oct 31 2008 - 15.3 U/mL
Nov 28 2008 - 19.5 U/mL
Dec 30 2008 - 16.0 U/mL
Jan 22 2009 - 15.4 U/mL

Pretty stable. We like stable tumor markers.

Now, don't tell Dr. K., but I haven't taken Xeloda since the week before Christmas - around Dec 19. So, I have about 5 or 6 weeks where I haven't taken one of the tumor drugs and it doesn't appear to have affected that number.

That's even cooler!