Hi, guys -

We went to see Dr. Smiley yesterday and after half a dozen weeks of
Herceptin Deborah's CEA has dropped from 4.9 to 4.6 and her CA15-3
from 61 to 41.

I was a bit skeptical about Herceptin working a second time around but
it appears to be doing the trick.  We added Navelbine to the mix now
so we're officially back on chemo but so far results are promising.

Deborah was a little tired after treatment but is okay so far.  The
day after Herceptin is usually worst for the slight allergic reaction
she's had and Dr. Smiley couldn't really explain why she's reacting
this time and didn't three years ago but each treatment seems to get a
little easier.

Anyway, life is good.  So far we're still hitting this thing with
everything we've got - so Deborah is taking daily Arimidex and monthly
Zoladex in addition to weekly Herceptin and Navelbine on day 1 and 8
of a 21 day cycle.

I guess there's still a bit of fight left in the girl.  We really
needed some good news.

The only down side was re Deborah's dental implants.  Dr, Smiley and
Deborah's oral surgeon decided not to do the implants anytime soon so
she's kinda stuck with a couple of plates instead of the high-tech
stuff she had planned.  Maybe we can revisit this when we get off
chemo.

But all in all, woohoo!