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		<title>Still All Clear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shannon has made the complete rounds of all three of the doctors that are still following him for his cancer.  He has also had a PET scan.  He is still cancer free!  We are both so very relieved at this news.  His radiation oncologist has said that this type of cancer has a low chance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=39</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, I know it&#8217;s been a very long time since I have updated you about Shannon&#8217;s progress. He is doing fantastic! So far everything is still clear. He had his one year check ups with both oncologists and there is still no sign of the cancer. They were both very pleased with his progress [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=38</link>
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		<title>Follow-Up with Surgeon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shannon had a follow-up appointment and exam with his surgeon yesterday. He used a scope to examine Shannon&#8217;s throat as well as did a manual exam of the lymph nodes in Shannon&#8217;s neck. I&#8217;m very happy to say it was all clear again. No sign of anything in the throat or in the lymph nodes. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=37</link>
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		<title>All Clear!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just gotten home from seeing the radiation oncologist and we got the news we&#8217;ve been praying to hear. All clear! No sign of the cancer in the PET scan he had on Monday or in the doctor&#8217;s exam. We are relieved, thrilled, ecstatic and we feel so blessed. There really aren&#8217;t enough words [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=36</link>
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		<title>One more good check up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shannon had a follow up appointment with his chemo doctor last week. He was pleased with Shannon&#8217;s progress. The doctors are all working together to make sure Shannon has a follow up appointment with at least one of them every couple of months. So far all has been great since the clear PET scan. His [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=35</link>
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		<title>Happy spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it&#8217;s been a long time since I have updated our little blog here. I&#8217;m very happy to say that it is because things have been going very well. Shannon is doing better and better as time goes by. He is able to eat enough now that he doesn&#8217;t need to drink Boost to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=34</link>
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		<title>Improvements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so pleased to be able to write here that Shannon is still improving. Every day he is a little better and is able to do a little more. Last week he had an appointment with the surgeon that did the original biopsy and diagnosed the cancer. This was the first time we&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=33</link>
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		<title>PET scan results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just gotten home from visiting the doctor to get the results of Shannon&#8217;s PET scan. It&#8217;s fantastic news! There is no sign of the cancer and the lymph nodes are clear as well. This means that it is very likely Shannon will not require any sort of surgery. He will be scheduled for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=32</link>
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		<title>PET Scan Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was the day Shannon had his PET scan to see if there is any cancer remaining and to help the doctors and us decide where to go next. We are hoping and praying that this scan is going to come back clear. We&#8217;ll go in to see the radiation oncologist a week from today [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=31</link>
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		<title>Day to Day Stuff and a Dr. Visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shannon continues to improve in just tiny amounts each day. Even though it&#8217;s slow we are both extremely happy to see this progress continue. Yesterday Shannon had an appointment with the chemo doctor as a follow up to make sure he&#8217;s had no trouble as a result of that treatment. There were no problems. He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://omachka.com/survival/?p=30</link>
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