Luck

So, VCU recently hired a new doctor to be the head of the entire Medical Oncology group, and he's an internationally recognized pancreatic cancer specialist, with an impressive CV...he has just started seeing patients since getting settled in Richmond, and has offered to take over for my current oncologist, even to act as a surrogate for Hopkins so I can keep getting chemo at VCU Stony Point, whose oncology nurses I absolutely adore. I am a seriously lucky guy, and very impressed with VCU's responsiveness to my complaints. I am so happy to have a choice as I move forward. Tomorrow is my 12th chemotherapy treatment and last of the current round. On Monday, 2/13, I am having both an MRI and CT scan to see what, if any, progress I have made. The new doctor, Dr. Grossman, will see me on 2/16 to deliver and explain the results, and let me know what he thinks I should do next. I can then take all of that with me to Johns Hopkins on 2/24 for a second opinion. After that, I will decide who will be my primary oncologist moving forward. I'm feeling good and optimistic. Thanks to my friends and family for all of the continued support. I'm still 195 lbs., so I foresee this fight going on for some time. I really want to win.