Jim Garrett

[Jim Garrett]

To keep you all in the loop, I had my second visit to my oncologist and while overall, the news was good, it wasn't as good as we initially thought. The final pathologist report shows that there were cancer cells (very few) present in my lymph nodes. That puts me back in Stage 2. That's still catching it very early but it means that I will be starting a chemotherapy regimen. I will probably start this week after next. I still have a drain in me which will come out this Friday, and then hopefully have a port put in my chest for the chemo. The good news is the treatment is only once every three weeks. The not so fun news, it's 18 weeks of therapy. In addition, radiation has come back on the table and we will discuss this on Friday.

The biggest downside is that I will probably not have my thick lucious locks of hair for the conference this spring. :0