HEALTH REPORT 10.02.09
After two days of testing and evaluation, Janell and I were given a recommendation by Dr. Wu, the endocrinologist assigned to me. Her recommendation was to do nothing at this time.
The tests confirmed what we already knew - the medullary cancer has returned and the nodules in my chest are positive with the cancer. The tests also indicated that the cancer has not spread to the liver, lungs, or bones - the places where medullary cancer usually spreads from a beginning in the thyroid.
Dr. Wu’s recommendation is that we go from a three-month checkup to a six-month checkup. At the checkups we will measure the nodules to check their growth. Dr. Wu discouraged surgery at this time because of the size of the nodules and risk to benefit ratio. I am not, at the present time, a candidate for MD Anderson’s trial medications. The cancer needs to have spread to the liver, lungs, or bones before I will be able to participate in MDA’s trial medications.
So. . . now Janell and I live our lives and go on with what we want to do. At the present this means continuing my ministry at Southwest Chinese Baptist Church, helping them find a Cantonese/English speaking Baptist pastor.
We will lead our trip to Oberammergau for the Passion Play, May 14-27, 2010, and be grateful for 72 wonderful years, 52 of which have been spent with our Soul-Mate. We judge that we have been privileged to breathe that rare air where few are privileged to go. In short, we want to live out our lives in great gratitude “for the things He has done.”
On this blog I will report on my progress every six months after my checkups (next report – April 15, 2010). In the mean time, I want to reflect on my experiences of being prayed for by so many and the amazing community we experienced with people with whom we had only cancer in common.
Thank you for your loving prayer and your concern that brought you to my blog. The Mexican community has a saying, “Dios le page.” A rough paraphrase would be something like, “A person of my station in life could never be able to repay you, a person of your station, for the kindness you have shown to me. So I say, “God will pay you.”
And I suspect He already has. . .
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