This is the office I walk into every six month for my blood testing and poking and prodding. I don't mind. These are the folks that have helped me battle cancer and who helped me win the fight. I always stress before the exams and do for a couple of days afterwards until I hear all the results. This time my tumor marker (blood test) came up two points. That is two points above my last count and that last count was 3 points higher from the time before. In other words, this time last year my count was a 9, then 6 months later a 12 and now a 14. The range of "normal" is 0-30. Anything above that is not good. So, they are keeping a close eye on me to make sure that they don't continue to rise. If they do, then we'll have to take corective action. Right now, the doc says probably not enough rest and not eating right is probably the cause so I'm getting better at my diet and not eating so much junk food and watching how many sodas I tend to down a day. Anything to keep it from coming back. So, at this point I'm good until February 2009 when I revisit this office and its fine doctors, nurses and of course, Prince William! LOL!