"Very optimistic"

Enrique went to his endocrinologist a couple of days ago to get the first level of results from his radioactive treatment. The news was good. The body absorbed the radiation in the right place - in his neck where he has some small remaining tumors.

Also, there was no sign of distant tumors in weird places. Apparently, sometimes people will have some cancerous thyroid tissue in their leg or abdomen or somewhere other than their neck. But, Enrique was clear on that front.

The only other place were they found traces of radiation from the iodine was in his liver - but that it also a good sign. Once the radiation starts killing cancers cells they are processed in the liver. So that means the treatment is already killing his cancer.

We won't know for another six months what the final result of this treament will be, but the endocrinologist said he was very optimistic.