After seeing my regular doctor last night, I was afforded what I am taking as good news. When I picked up the report for the CT scan, David and I both looked at it, scratched our heads and then shrugged. So, I took the report with me last night and just dumbly shoved them at the Doc and grunted a few words. He was able to give me a MUCH better description of what was there.

It looks as though, from the scan, so I am taking this all with a grain of salt until we get more firm results from the ultrasound and PET scan, Jeffery has not spread anywhere else inside my chest, thorax or pelvis. Meaning, no other organs appear to be affected. He says Jeffery appears localized to the distal portion of the esophagus - the part right before it goes into the stomach - and the very top portion of the stomach. The only concern there is that the bugger is growing into the wall of the esophagus and isn't clearly differentiated from the surrounding tissue. Meaning that Jeffery is playing hide-and-seek in there. BUT, I will take whatever good news I can squeeze out right now, and I'm hopeful with regard to the next couple tests.

So, sleep came much easier last night and that is the long and the short of that.

On another note, thank you so much to every person with kind words, loving thoughts and just general badassedness. I really appreciate every one of you more than I could ever express here on this page. I am truly a blessed woman to have such incredible family, friends, wonderful insurance and the tightest support staff anyone has ever seen.

Maggie was a lifesaver this week, woman, you are honestly one of the toughest I have ever had the honor to know. Thank you so much for your love, your advice and your experience - you saved me from myself this week. I am buying you more than a few drinks to celebrate when this is all over.

Love to all ~