I went today for CT scans to measure the progress of things in my battle with kidney cancer. The last set of scans (from January) had shown tumor growth for the first time since starting the targeted chemotherapy in 2008, so we changed to a newer drug, Votrient, and after three months of almost continuous use (600 mg/day), I have learned that the tumors are again shrinking. I meet with my oncologist tomorrow to discuss this all, and will post a further update with more details then, but for now, I am quite happy and off to play some poker to extend my lucky streak.