Happy day!

Thank you for all the great messages of support for today's scan and then the delighted ones at the results. You guys do your work so very very well! You have a HUGE impact on my health.
I felt good this morning as we went off for the CT scan. I sensed that it would be good news with some cancer spots remaining.
It was difficult to get into my vein for the iodine injection - the chemo has really damaged these helpful blood avenues. Finally I was hooked up and the iodine flowed - this time I anticipated the very weird heat sensation that comes with that solution and makes you feel like you are wetting yourself!
A couple hours later Steve, Deborah and I  met with the locum oncologist. A sweet sincere young man who was warm and connective. My results were great as you know. The doctor was clear that we should not expect all the cancer to disappear but that for now we stay aware of the situation, that I keep doing what I love, eating healthily and going to gym and be HAPPY. That is easy.
Talia was waiting for us at home and we decided that one way of being happy together on this gorgeous Cape Town day was to go to Boulders and swim with the penguins! And we did. See the pic. I cannot remember the last time that the four of us were on the beach together. It was glorious. While driving home Steve described how for the first time in months he felt that he could breathe fully.
My upcoming weeks are full of work mostly away - but it is the stuff of meaning and purpose and it certainly makes me happy. Having Deborah here again is a blessing indeed. 
No profound thoughts .. happy delight that I am where I am with the special ones around me, and hair that is growing.

GREAT SCAN RESULTS!

Maryse has just had the results of her scan, and the six spots on her liver have reduced to 3 and those are much smaller. This is an excellent result - AND we have to keep monitoring and aware.

She will have checkups every three months to watch the situation- but the advice is "Go live and be happy" which is probably the same advice that they would have given if the result had been bad. Probably is the best advice anybody could get, Hey?

So, there it is. That is all for now, the Barak family is going to go out for a little beachy celebration or something. No doubt Maryse will post in a little bit.