I was glad to be able to speak with David on iChat about a week ago, even before he had the results, and he seemed in good form and reported feeling well. I tried to persuade him to take a break from work and come and visit me here in London with his family, but we shall see if that is possible.<\/div>\n
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\u201c. . . the tumors they are watching and measuring all seem to be about the same or maybe slightly smaller. I have two nodules they are watching in my lungs which are less than a centimeter. Our biggest concern is that I have two tumors in my liver. The largest one measured 2.5 cm last time and 2.4 cm this time. The smaller one was 1.5 cm last time and 1.4 cm this time. Since the last one was at a different facility the doctor didn\u2019t seem to want to say that the tumors are definitely shrinking because the difference is so small, but it seems very apparent that they are at least stable.\u201d