Many thanks to all of you for your supportive, encouraging, loving messages is response to these posts.  We both feel connected, and lifted up.

Today's biopsy was not good news.  The preliminary pathology report on the mass in Rusty's shoulder/neck is that it is a new melanoma.  Of course, the melanoma physician is concerned that the treatment is no longer working.  They are moving up the date for the whole body scans and tests that were due in August...we are waiting for rescheduled dates.  After those tests we will know how they recommend for Rusty to proceed.

We had been planning on spending a week at John and Tracy's in Washington State the last week of July...we will postpone that visit pending treatment plans.

Rusty is having some pain in his neck and shoulder and is looking forward to the stepped up scans so we can have a more complete, accurate picture of the disease situation.  He is adamant that we will do the Kerrville show as planned, so tomorrow morning we leave for Kerrville.  Nurse Ratchet concedes.

Will continue to keep you updated as things unfold.