Update 10/5/2014

Mark continues to be tremendously blessed—thanks for your prayers and support. It has been some time since the last blog update, largely because there has been little to report. He has continued to feel reasonably well and has continued to carry on with life in his usual fashion—working and playing hard. As you probably know, he successfully completed the 206 mile Logan to Jackson bike race, something unheard of for someone fighting stage 4 cancer.
Mark’s most recent scans showed stability in most of his tumors, regression in some, and mild enlargement of a couple. He has a tumor that has grown in his adrenal gland, so in the next few weeks he will receive radiation treatments to this tumor which should stop its growth. He will continue to receive his monthly IV anti-melanoma infusion which incidentally was recently approved by the FDA as it was shown to be a successful medication, so it is no longer considered experimental.
Thank you for your ongoing prayers and thoughtful gestures to Mark and his family.

Scott Sykes