The CEA markers were down to 683 from 889 last week. I had hoped that they would be lower but I am satisfied that they are still going down. All the other numbers look better as well with the exception of his WBC (white blood cell). Normal is between 4.2-11. The count was right at 4 last week and it's down to 2.2 this week. So he's got 2 more days of the Neulasta injections which will help raise his WBC and then back to chemo next week. I'm telling myself that this is a blessing in disguise. He was going to have to have chemo the week of Thanksgiving but this hiccup bumps chemo to the week after Thanksgiving.

He's feeling OK right now....the Neulasta injections make his bones hurt but he's eating well. I know that Michael is not very good at communicating how he is feeling to all of us. He sees things as black and white and let's face it, he hasn't felt good in awhile. So when all of you take the time to show concern and ask him "How are you feeling?" and he responds "Shitty!" - please keep in mind that what he means is he's not himself and he doesn't really know how to express how he genuinely feels....all he knows is that he doesn't feel good. I'm trying to to get him to rate how bad he feels on a scale of 1-10 but that's just wishful thinking on my part. Thanks to all of you that continutely ask how he's feeling...he really does appreciate it!