A Persistant Cancer

I wrote in an earlier post that Enrique has an aggressive case of cancer.

That's probably a little too strong.

His disease is very unlikely to kill him or even shorten his life.

But it does seem to be a persistent cancer - one that he'll need to watch for the rest of his life. That's unusual for this type of thyroid cancer.

We met with his surgeon a couple of days ago and she suggested that he'll probably need another surgery at some point in his life. It's likely that it will be years or even decades from now.

Nevertheless, that was hard to hear.

She said her hope was that this round of treatment would mark the end of aggressive treatment -- for good -- and that any future treatment would be more moderate.

Since his case is atypical it sounds like it's tough for anyone to make predictions.