Time to start over

I just got back from my doctors appointment and the news was not real good.  The tumors in my liver are growing again.  I went into this appointment with a feeling that this was going to be the outcome.  My tumor markers were going up and I started to experience some liver pain over the past couple weeks.  My biggest fear was that the cancer had moved to my lungs or pancreas.  Thank God, this did not happen.  The tumor involvement has stayed confined to my liver.  What do we do now?  We start over with a different medication.  My doctor has decided to give me Erbitux.  This medication is administered via injection and is given to me every week.  I will continue to take my other 6 chemo pills every day for two weeks at a time, so I will be attacking the tumors by taking the same amount of medication, just at different intervals.  The main side affect for this new medication is not good.  I will be developing a severe rash on my face and upper body.  The rash looks like a combination of burns and acne.  I'm not to happy about that, but it beats out the alternative.  I started this battle at the end of November.  Six months later and I'm in much better shape now than I was at the beginning.  My first attempt to beat this showed excellent results but, unfortunately we came up short.  It's time to start over again and I pray for the same great results that I have enjoyed over the past 6 months.  One step at a time!