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30 January 2009

I am in the Royal Brisbane Hospital and it appears we have found disease evidence on the MRI -- we will inform as we get more from our team of doctors. This may be a long process and I have started chemo drugs already to help my body digest any tumour that may exist and prepare me for the next lot of treatment. (Amazingly our bodies digest tumours through the same process as we digest food, but drugs protect our kidneys from damage).

Finding disease evidence is good and bad. Bad to have disease and good to have some evidence to possibly biopsy and analyse, so we can best beat it. Dr's inform me that we will have another lumbar puncture on Monday to help with the symptoms -- a top up of blood product and start systemic chemo next week. When I have a better idea of exactly what we have found, I will post this.

For now, thanks for your prayers and love and support for me and all the family. I am not scared of this thing anymore and see it as an annoyance in my life, rather than something that can be fatal. It has got to bow down and leave my body, we have some the best doctors and drugs in the world and I know there is a lot of hope.

Blessings 2 U,

Jodster