She is being seen at Oncology / Hematology Fredericksburg VA. The Surgical team is lead by a Dr that has been doing these procedures for 20 years, he has taught as well. The Oncologist did order a CT early based on her pain being completely gone, thinking the tumor has reduced and no longer large enough to press on the plexus. Also influencing the scan being ordered now is the marker number dropping so fast. Initial finding found the tumor did not invade any veins or arteries. My hope is for the surgical determination to prevail at 5 or 6 rounds of chemo. My wife is a small woman and she is loosing so much weight and quickly. She no longer can tolerate Kate Farms meal replacement drinks or much of any food at all. As I stated my biggest concern is she simply gives up and refuses any further treatment. She has another round (5th) next Monday. Then the CT the following week. Based upon the rate / speed in the reduction of CA 19-9 seeing it near the single digits is possible. Thank you for your interest and time to comment.