So what's new? Not much. I still feel lousy but I did get to spend some time with my dad this morning, which cheered me up some (as well as the fact he bought me a couple weeks' worth of groceries and offered to pay for my haircut). They drew blood this morning to test for the alphafeta protein (pardon my probably-incorrect spelling), which is produced by the body when the type of cancer I have is present. It was at level 20 the first time they drew blood, and they said now it needs to be at 6 or less. We'll have the results Monday around 2pm. Remember all that stuff the doctor told me at my last visit about the current treatment plans, which I paid close attention to, came home and immediately wrote in here? Yeah well, apparently somehow I got it wrong. If the protein level is below 6-- which they expect-- then I will have the lymph node biopsy. If it's above 6 I'll need chemotherapy. I have no idea whether or not that 40% risk they told me still applies. The best part is I can't apply for the second job I want until after we get the results and chances are it'll be filled by then.