We have a praise today! Doug's blood counts were up and he was able to have his chemotherapy treatment. He is pretty tired tonight and trying to rest. The treatment went well. He was alone until his dad came to sit with him. I haven't been able to go the last two treatments and it is always nice to have someone keep Doug company. Well at least it makes me feel better and I know he likes it too. It can be a very long lonely day in the chemo suite even though it is bustling with nurses and doctors taking care of you.
Thank you once again for your prayers and support as Doug travels this path the Lord has before him. We know God is faithful and never leaves us or abandoned us.
May each of you have a wonderful week. We will hopefully be heading to our cabin in Cascade for the 4th of July. I have the week off for vacation and will enjoy being in the mountains.
Blessings to each one of you!
Linda
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
June 23rd
I hope everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day. We got together with family at the park to celebrate and it was great. The weather could have been nicer, but we still had fun.
I was able to get another Vitamin C IV last Thursday. My Chemo appointment is Wednesday this week. We will be checking blood counts to see if they are high enough to receive treatment.
Linda is off from work all next week so we are planning to go to the cabin for the 4th of July week. It should be a lot of fun and we are looking forward to spending time in the mountains.
I hope everyone is having a great summer so far.
Please continue to pray for Linda and me as we battle this cancer.
"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
"For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; Is 43:1-3
I was able to get another Vitamin C IV last Thursday. My Chemo appointment is Wednesday this week. We will be checking blood counts to see if they are high enough to receive treatment.
Linda is off from work all next week so we are planning to go to the cabin for the 4th of July week. It should be a lot of fun and we are looking forward to spending time in the mountains.
I hope everyone is having a great summer so far.
Please continue to pray for Linda and me as we battle this cancer.
"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
"For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; Is 43:1-3
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Update - June 10th
Hello fellow bloggers,
Even though my blood counts were borderline, I was able to receive my chemo treatment yesterday (Tuesday). Dr. Fiorentino decided I could go ahead with them this week and discussed if the counts don’t continue to stay high enough we may look at different schedules. One would be to stay every two weeks and reducing the drugs by 25%; the other schedule may be to push the treatments to every 3 weeks to get an extra week of rest. I will update you on the schedule we go with as time progresses. I am scheduled to see Dr. Fiorentino in two weeks and we will know more then.
Please pray that my blood counts are high enough to get treatments. The tumor behind my ear does seem to be going down. I asked the doctor if he thought that there was a chance that these tumors could be completely gone with these treatments and he said there was a chance.
I am still hoping and praying for a complete remission of any tumors in my body. I know God heals today using a variety of methods. Sometimes He chooses to heal instantly and sometimes He chooses to heal through medication, or sometimes He chooses to use Doctors. But He always wants to hear from us through our prayers.
I know each one of my surgeries I went through I recovered much quicker because of the prayers of loved ones. With my brain surgery I was out of the hospital in 48 hours, walking and eating good. The Doctor was pretty much shocked that I could be going home in that short of time. I know it was all because of the faithful prayers of everyone.
Thank you so much for continuing to pray for Linda, my family and myself during these times. I love you all.
God Bless You,
Doug
Even though my blood counts were borderline, I was able to receive my chemo treatment yesterday (Tuesday). Dr. Fiorentino decided I could go ahead with them this week and discussed if the counts don’t continue to stay high enough we may look at different schedules. One would be to stay every two weeks and reducing the drugs by 25%; the other schedule may be to push the treatments to every 3 weeks to get an extra week of rest. I will update you on the schedule we go with as time progresses. I am scheduled to see Dr. Fiorentino in two weeks and we will know more then.
Please pray that my blood counts are high enough to get treatments. The tumor behind my ear does seem to be going down. I asked the doctor if he thought that there was a chance that these tumors could be completely gone with these treatments and he said there was a chance.
I am still hoping and praying for a complete remission of any tumors in my body. I know God heals today using a variety of methods. Sometimes He chooses to heal instantly and sometimes He chooses to heal through medication, or sometimes He chooses to use Doctors. But He always wants to hear from us through our prayers.
I know each one of my surgeries I went through I recovered much quicker because of the prayers of loved ones. With my brain surgery I was out of the hospital in 48 hours, walking and eating good. The Doctor was pretty much shocked that I could be going home in that short of time. I know it was all because of the faithful prayers of everyone.
Thank you so much for continuing to pray for Linda, my family and myself during these times. I love you all.
God Bless You,
Doug
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
No Chemo this week
I went to get my Chemo yesterday and we found that my blood counts were too low to get the treatment. Last time my count was at 3.2 and this time it was at 2.3. Dr said it was much too low to get treatment, so we are going to push it out a week. We will go in next Tuesday to see if my blood count has come up. While I really love to have the extra week of rest I hope that we can still get after the cancer and not start to shrink back from treatments. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely hate going in for treatments. It is the necessary evil. I feel like I need to continue as long as the tumors seem to be shrinking.
Please pray that my blood counts will come up and I can continue these treatments. I place everything in God's hands and know that He is watching over me. Thank you all for your continual prayers for Linda and I.
"I will give you back your health and heal your wounds, days the Lord" Jeremiah 30:17 NLT
Please pray that my blood counts will come up and I can continue these treatments. I place everything in God's hands and know that He is watching over me. Thank you all for your continual prayers for Linda and I.
"I will give you back your health and heal your wounds, days the Lord" Jeremiah 30:17 NLT
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