I'm Lucky!

Is it always good to be lucky? I guess not. Today I had a visit with Dr. Chang, my medical oncologist. I only had one question, it's one that has kind of been hazy for me over the last year. "Why me?"

He said we had, in fact, discussed this in our first consultation, but there was so much to go over then that maybe it got lost in the shuffle.

Basically, the answer is "You're just lucky."

He said that in simple terms, everybody's body is different. Everybody's environment is different. When a person gets carcinogens introduced into the body from the environment that the body cannot deal with properly for one reason or another, sometimes cancer happens. This makes plenty of sense.

He also said that this type of cancer happens more often in western society. He thinks it's because we eat more. He personally doesn't think it has as much to do with the "what" we eat as much as the "how much" we eat. (But, if we eat less, we should focus on higher nutrient things).

That answered that question, I guess...

We also discussed treatment proposed by Dr. Dramov, my N.D. Dr. Chang doesn't think there is enough evidence that the Vitamin C treatment works for it to be warranted, but he said ultimately it's up to me.

He did say that both Vitamin D and Aspirin in low dosage daily amounts have shown a small amount of help with colorectal cancers.

He said the result of the last PET/CT scan (back in November) was encouraging in that there is no spread and the tumor is the same size. He said the SUV number did jump to 14, and that it is tough to say what that is due.

Hope all is well with everybody in the new year!