stage4's Cancer Blog
October 11, 2007
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Hi All,
The Clinical Trial shots finished 10/1. They did a CT Scan, not what I wanted to hear. The spots on the previous scans that they though might be scar tissue or cysts have grown and the doctor now thinks they are cancer tumors.
So I am back to 1 in my lung (3cm) and 1 in my liver (3cm) the funny thing is I feel fine. I really thought they were going to say my cancer was gone.
Today they did a PETscan to verify and make sure it isn’t anywhere else. I will get the results Monday.
Hopeful as I was, I knew this was a possibility and was ready for this news. I was happy to make my daughters wedding on October 6. About 8 months ago I didn’t think I would so I did an additional 2 months of chemo just so I had a better chance of making it until her wedding.
I had been saying I wouldn’t do anymore chemo, now I am in the position that it may be able to extend my life for a little while but at what cost.
I was not one of those chemo patients that jumped around worked 40 hours and took care of three kids just fine, for me it totally knocked me down, I couldn’t do anything. I felt as if I was already dead.
I feel like I am coming toward the end of this journey. I feel fine now and will concentrate on that. Because I was not on chemo this summer, I was able to travel for the first time in my life and enjoy life for awhile. At the end of October I am going on a 1 week cruise and have been threatening just to hide away on the boat and stay gone for the duration. I would estimate I have another year on the outside, I could be way off, who knows, the doctors sure don’t. My options are pretty limited right now. My oncologist said surgery at this point doesn’t show that it lengthens lives, the chemo drugs I have been through all of them available and tumors grew thru the chemo after awhile and I had such horrible side effects from the chemo that I had to discontinue it.
If it’s my time that’s fine, I just don’t want to suffer when it gets bad.
I had a bad car accident 1 week before my daughters wedding. I have been very sore. It figures just when I was feeling better.
I am thinking about putting together a book with the blogs, sort of like a diary from someone that has been in the trenches, what do you think?
Love and good wishes to you all. I will let you know the results of the Pet when I get them Monday.
Donna
The Clinical Trial Is Over -Bad scans, 
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06.22.08 - 
Diana Harper 
Thanks for your support -
Love ya Lots
Sherri
Donna, there are no words to even tell you how much I’m feeling for you. You’re entrenched in my prayers. I like the idea of a book. Wherever this journey leads you, I’m there with you in thought, prayer and spirit. Hugs…Grace
Donna – all my prayers are with you. Please don’t give up. That’s what my husband says to me. But I do know how hard it is to keep positive.
I don’t know the whole story of Noni juice and their healing properties but just what I learned through family.
I grew up in the Samona islands and, typiclal tropical islahd, we had fruit trees everywhere. What I heard about Noni juice is this. My cousin had suffered from breast cancer. She was a late stage and the hospital in Samoa couldn’t do anything for her. Someone knowledgeable in the use of Noni Juice began to brew tea for her to drink…also use Noni leaves to apply them topically to the infected areas.
The condition grew ugly before it became better. Her skin break and she quite a big of pus pouring out of her. Several months later, of constant use of Noni juice, my cousin got better. The breakouts healed up and the skin closed.
Noni leaves grow all over the tropical islands and islanders use them to brew tea and use it for other means for medicinal purposes. The problem is that the life of homemade Noni Juice is only around 24 hours I believe. But it does its stuff.
My sisters would like to mail the Noni leaves to me through USPS. I’m not sure, however, if that would go over well with our federal government.
Aredia is a bone drug that I to take (IV-infused) every three weeks. It has powerful side effects so to try to stem the intensity of the side effects, I am given 4 pre-meds (Decadron, Tylenol, Benadryl, etc) prior to the Aredia. The first time I took Aredia, it literaly killed me. So that’s why i had so many pre-meds to take before Aredia.
Donna, thank you for your comments to me. I don’t see a way of sending you a personal message on this site. I am going to try and find additional support.
As for yourself, again—don’t give up.