Home from Madison

As many of you already know, the entourage has returned from Madison. Chuck has spoken to several people individually, so I'll cut to the chase ... he is seriously leaning towards the no treatment option.

As the UW physician pointed out, his quality of life right now is very good. He feels fine. Chemotherapy treatment could screw that up and cause him to feel terrible. Possibly even making things worse if suppressing his immune system allows the cancer to proliferate. I guess that is the difficulty in trying to treat an unknown primary source.

If he decides not to begin any treatment, he will have his chest and abdomen scanned again in ~6 weeks to see if there have been any changes to his lymph nodes. While this seems to make sense in a lot of ways, Dr. John Goldener is checking with his contacts to make sure it isn't too unconventional. I believe Alex is doing some checking as well.

PaPa - we will support you in any way we can and in whatever choice you make. You remind us to make the most of every day and to appreciate each other. We are blessed in many ways, especially by having such a caring family and group of friends. We all love you, and each other!