I had a CT scan Monday from my neck to my hip to see how the tumors are doing.
Most of the tumors shrunk slightly or remained the same size. None of them grew and the one in my liver disappeared totally.
I feel great about the results and am optimistic that with God's help we can beat this cancer.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Wonderful News
I just want to re-cap the previous treatment plan and update with fantastic news.
When I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, the found that it had metastisized to the spine, liver, brain and spinal fluid; a very grim diagnosis.
The plan was to do chemo first to shrink the tumor blocking my bronchial tube, as well as the tumors on my spine and liver. That was to be followed with full brain radiation for the many tumors on my brain, since chemo is not the treatment of choice for brain tumors. It seems that the chemo drugs I get, Cisplatin and Pemetrexed, have difficulty passing the brain-blood barrier.
Yesterday I had a brain MRI to check out the brain tumors and to see if they have grown. Lo and behold, every brain tumor had disappeared. It seems, as if the chemo destroyed on all those tumors, even if it wasn't meant to. That basically means that at this point, I do not need any brain radiation at all, of course I will have another brain MRI in two months to re-check brain, but this is the most wonderful news so far.
It is amazing how miraculous the body is and how powerful the power of prayer is.
When I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, the found that it had metastisized to the spine, liver, brain and spinal fluid; a very grim diagnosis.
The plan was to do chemo first to shrink the tumor blocking my bronchial tube, as well as the tumors on my spine and liver. That was to be followed with full brain radiation for the many tumors on my brain, since chemo is not the treatment of choice for brain tumors. It seems that the chemo drugs I get, Cisplatin and Pemetrexed, have difficulty passing the brain-blood barrier.
Yesterday I had a brain MRI to check out the brain tumors and to see if they have grown. Lo and behold, every brain tumor had disappeared. It seems, as if the chemo destroyed on all those tumors, even if it wasn't meant to. That basically means that at this point, I do not need any brain radiation at all, of course I will have another brain MRI in two months to re-check brain, but this is the most wonderful news so far.
It is amazing how miraculous the body is and how powerful the power of prayer is.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Great News!
Today's chemo went well. As the meds, cisplatin and pemetrexed, course through my body, I am really excited and thrilled to know they will be destroying cancer cells and shrinking any tumors.
I just got the final results of the third spinal tap, which was done to see the extent of the cancer in my spinal fluid, which was seen on the earlier taps. The results showed a totally clear spinal fluid with no evidence of cancer. Thank God.
I will have an MRI of the brain next week to see how the brain metastasis are doing, please pray for a great result.
I just got the final results of the third spinal tap, which was done to see the extent of the cancer in my spinal fluid, which was seen on the earlier taps. The results showed a totally clear spinal fluid with no evidence of cancer. Thank God.
I will have an MRI of the brain next week to see how the brain metastasis are doing, please pray for a great result.
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