Great news! About a week ago I had another PET scan (which went much smoother than last time) and got the results from my oncologist yesterday. For the first time, the tumors have noticeably responded to the new meds and have shrunk! We're going to continue with this combination of chemo capsules and hormone blockers to see how much we can get them to shrink and then decide what to do from there. This combo of medications has also been the easiest for me to handle, physically, so the nausea is much much better, controlled with just one drug instead of the cocktail that didn't always work. I have some neuropathy in my feet and the fatigue still hangs on but I'm starting some exercises and walking to try and cut down on that and build myself back up.

This is just what I needed too - I had been getting very depressed, feeling like I was going nowhere with all the unsuccesful treatments and feeling like crap all the time. But now, there's progress!