hits keep coming

received an excellent letter in the mail yesterday, excerpted below. though the news was expected, it was no less glorious to hold in my hand and read out loud. for the medically un-initiated or for those not interested in penetrating the levels of medical-speak, the phrase in question, ie the one imbued with life-extending, ie life-altering ramification is thusly:

"...the mass has not changed in size or appearance..."