Since several folks have asked - I find this is the best way to answer all at once: Funny thing with visiting my aunt who is dying of cancer - I come away from seeing her enriched, rewarded and refreshed for she has the sweetest spirit regarding her future of anyone around her. On 4/21 they will try a one time procedure called 'gamma knife' where they inject cobalt directly into the center of each of her 3 brain tumors in hopes of killing the tumors. Two are in the front, left and right and one at the base of the brain in her neck. This procedure is a new one recently approved of by the FDA and supposedly they've had remarkable success with it. Of course this is all a delaying of the inevitable but we're grateful for such time as she has. May 19th will be her 74th birthday. Tim PS - I'm also posting replies to messages sent to the list as long ago as 4/8, as I play catch up and wading through the snow...!