It has not been smooth. The preliminary test indicated that my liver was inflamed and caused concern that the cancer had It spread. So last Monday they did a liver biopsy. I did not get the results until Thursday and then the doctor was an hour late. Since the liver involvment would significantly reduce my chances of survival from 80 per cent to less than 30 per cent you might accurately conclude I was somewhat apprehensive and quite irritated that the doctor dwaddled around for over and hour before he finally walked in and said "good news". Talk about conflicted, I was torn between strangling him and hugging him but settled for "thank you" while muttering under my breath "asshole". We are now back on the surgery tract and I am sceduled for surgery Dec 29th, assuming something else doesnt fall off the truck. We are staying with my brother at his place on Lake Conroe. It is a very shallow lake so we took is pontoon boat out for and ride and we managed to bottom out and kill the engine. So yesterday we sat out on the lake, the weather was fine, and we managed to contact someone who said then would come out and tow us. We messsed with the engine for 20 to 30 minutes when it occurred to me that may be the kill switch was not holding. Sure enough once we held that in the boat started and we churned our way out of the mud and back to the dock.
We will celebrate Christmas here in Houston with my brother and his family. My son is going to bring his family down for Christmas and my daughter will be down right after Christmas for the surgery.
So now I am back to worrying about the surgery rather than whehther or not the cancer has spread.

I am hoping to be in San Carlos around the middle of Feburary. It will all depend on how well I surge back from the cutting.
Have a good Holiday and we will look forward to lacerating the waters around SC in Feb.
The weather here is damp but warm. We will try the lake again and tonight we are going over to my niece and nephews for the office Christmas party. My brother is exicited because I can be his designated driver---and me I am excitied to be anywhere.
Will