What...Do you live in a barn?

...Not yet...on an aside from the cancer topic, Jeanah and I are building a "barn" in our back yard and we may live in it later if we are able and rent out our house which is WAY bigger than we need. Things aren't selling right now, so we took our property off the market.

On the cancer topic: I talked with the 2nd opinion surgeon yesterday. There is even more risk to doing the surgery that we didn't know before, like the stoma, hernias, infections, etc., etc.,...which are all exacerbated by my size, of course, so we have decided not to do surgery. This was not an easy decision, but we both feel very comfortable that this is the decision that is right for us.

Now, we need to pray that little bugger will shrink, disappear, and be gone for good with the help of various methods we will be undertaking. These will/may include the following: change in diet/exercise routine, the Budwig protocol, dietary supplements, weekly vitamin C IV drips, chemotherapy, radiation. We will be working out between the naturopath and the oncologist (and our insurance company) what the best course of action is from this point forward.

Results: the most recent HCG test came back with a 52.2 level. The first one was a 53.0. While this is still in the positive range, it is encouraging to see that it went down after just 6 weeks of working on things. We will test again in about 2 months or so...probably every 3 months until it gets under 50. 50 is the "magic number" it seems for this test. After it's under 50, probably test every year.

The CT scan I had on June 2 showed no growth and no other "hot spots".

For both these results, we PRAISE THE LORD!

I'm feeling well, and am able to help out around the house and with the construction project. I probably only have about 80% of normal stamina, but it's getting better day by day.

If you know anybody who would like to rent a 3000sf 4bed/3bath home outside Canby, contact us, we would like to talk with them. We're shooting for an October time frame on the "barn".

Long Time, No Blog

I've been busy...sorry...I got a new computer at home and have been working on setting it up, etc...

So last Tuesday, 6/2, I had a CT scan. We won't know the results until Tuesday 6/9 or Friday 6/12 when I meet with my oncologists.

Here's the upcoming schedule:

Tue 6/9, Dr. Crocenzi, 2nd opinion oncologist, 12:00pm
Fri 6/12, Dr. Chang, primary oncologist, 2:00pm
Wed 6/17, Dr. Cavanaugh, 2nd opinion surgeon, 10:30am
???sometime, Dr. Dramov, Naturopath, Vitamin-C IV Drip

We haven't heard back on the HGC Urine test (the one we send to the Phillipines). Will let ya'll know when that comes back. We're hoping it's under 50!

On another front, we're probably taking our house off the market soon...pray that will work out...and Jeanah had a job interview today...should know more in a few days...???