last friday, or maybe it was thursday, i don't remcall exactly i got some good news. lesion is larger but tumor is gone, then while checking bank account online discovered much more money than anticipated, the VA in it's wisdom has decided i'm 180% disabled, which nets out to 100% rating (it's the new math), but puts many more dollars into my discretionary account. now Max and i can stop looking for a double wide cardboard box, he's just a chihuahua but he's tall and we needed the extra space.