Hey Mindy,
Hope you're feeling better and able to taper off the decadron. Just FYI, I was on it for about a month including the tapering phase and then a couple of times after that for just a day or two at a time. I've been completely "clean" for about 2 months now I think.
Just for fun, I plotted my tumor size on the graph from the beginning of this thread. (I'm an engineer.... we do this stuff for fun
![Cry :'(](https://www.anausa.org/smf/Smileys/classic/cry.gif)
) Anyway, here's how it looks (I'm in red on the left side):
![](http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh53/jrm5c/mri808/ANSizeVsTime_postGKJBCK.jpg)
I'm including this just to let you know things weren't looking so great for me back at 7-months. My tumor seemed to still be getting bigger, I saw a neurotologist that told me I was going to need surgery to get it out of there, my radiation oncologist wouldn't rule out that possibility (surgery) and I basically felt like dirt. But things turned around shortly after that and I'm hoping they will for you too. Who knows if it's 8 mos., 9 mos., etc., but I agree with Steve, Phyl, Mac, etc. that it's all pretty normal at this point and just try to be patient. Not my forte either, but hang in there!
![Smiley :)](https://www.anausa.org/smf/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)
Feel free to PM me if I can help.
JB