What?! Nothing to say?!

Saturday, November 23, 2013

I thought I'd have no medical news until

1.  January and the PET scan, or,
2. The tumors really kicked in.

But it’s neither.  It’s really good news: the further I get from the chemo the better I feel.  It is clearer and clearer that the cure really was worse than the disease.  I feel so much better, it’s like clamps have been taken off my mouth and brain, not to mention the other body parts.

I feel so much better off chemo, it’s going to be hard to get me back on it.  Even though there is a new drug for papillary renal cell carcinoma, Evrolimus, it would take some arm twisting to get me to try it. 

Anyway, the oncologist has said radiation is probably next anyway.   Personally I favor cryoablation, but I don’t know if that is allowed or possible.

So there’s the good news for a change. 

Here’s hoping winter brings you much bonum too.

Ciao,

Thallervale

11/23/2013 7:18 PM

Angiogram

Dear Folks, It's Janet who is going in for an angiogram tomorrow, so light your candles and power up your prayer wheels.

If you fly in your mind over all the homes on the planet, do you find any that are not in need of care?

Maybe that is why it was said "Pray without ceasing" or why the prayer wheels are hooked up to water wheels.  It seems like a very impractical instruction, until you see if from the needs pov.


Janet and I, we do hope, will be home safe and sound this time tomorrow.

Thanks for caring,
Blessings,
Dale

All Saints' Day : Reprieve

Friday, November 01, 2013

REPRIEVE

The visit to the Oncologist was today.  After waiting 6 weeks without chemo to see what the little critters would do, the answer is: not much. 

Some tumors have shrunk, some are indeterminate, and some are growing, but not rapidly.

So the doctor’s advice is to take two months off chemo and check on the critters then, with a PET scan this time, because he knows he needs a better picture, but he also knows it can be difficult to get the HMO to agree to the expense.  We’ve done very well with our HMO  so far, so I can be optimistic.

Two months without chemo is like going on vacation.  Especially as Janet is retiring more and more.  Something we can look forward to in the dark wet winter.

Best to you all and yes, intentions are things.

Thallervale

11/1/2013 7:01 PM