Halfway through the second round

Due to my negligence there is much to catch up on.

Because of the mouth sores Juan was given a couple of weeks to heal up before beginning his second round of chemo in early May. They are using the same drugs as before, but with a reduced dose to help keep side effects at bay even longer. We are now exactly half-way through the second round and so far Juan has had no serious side effects during this second go.

We met with the doctor this morning and as usual we really only know what's going to happen for the next three weeks. In two weeks we'll complete another set of PET and CT scans. Then the following week we'll meet with his general oncologist, the surgeon, and the radiologist. At that point they'll together decide whether to do a radiation-chemo combination before surgery or to just jump straight into surgery.

Sorry for the long delay - somehow days seem to melt into each other and then suddenly you realize weeks have gone by.