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High Five Lainey!!!!!!! I needed that pep talk today! Going to talk with my doc tomorrow about the same approach. If it is not moving leave it alone if it is zap it with chemo or radiation seems to work for me. I’ll ride along for a while, you bet ya!
Take Care!
Jeff G.

Jane Cw…. I was on this same combo about 2 years ago. It did show promise at first for me but it became a bit intolerable because of the nueropathy in the fingers and feet. I do feel it was of help for me for a while but not something I wanted to stay on very long and switched to something else. It is certainly a good chemo combo as long as you can stand the side effects or at least be ready to combat the side effects for a while. I Wish your sister the best. I do believe the younger and healthier the better the out come. Not to say someone more elder like my self can’t handle it but I think it’s a little rougher just because natural aging and funtioning lessons as we get older. It is just a simple fact.
Again, Best wishes and support!
God Bless,
Jeff G.

Fran… My heart goes out to you! May God give you the strength to make it through these trying days ahead.
God Bless You and Colin.
Jeff G.

Carol, When I had my resection of my left lobe and gallbladder in 99, I was told I had clean margins and nothing else was needed. As you know my cancer returned and has been growing slowly and has mets to both lungs and my bones. Within the last year and 1/2 I had radiation twice; once to my liver and again too the soft tissue adjacent my spine that was putting pressure on spinal roots. Since radiation to those areas I have had no growth in those areas and shrinkage was apparent. Only side effects for me were slight nausea and tiredness for a couple weeks. If I had been given the choice of radiation back then I probally would have took it knowing what I know now. Clean margins don’t mean nothing to me as CC is a systemic disease and can mets to other parts of the body. When mine returned it went after my right lobe of the liver and then to both lungs and then to my ribs and then to soft tissue near the spine. If you have a good radiologist/ Oncologist who knows his stuff radiation can stop cc in it’s tracks. For how long before another cc seed finds another home to settle in to who knows. I intend to keep doing radiation until I look like the Incredible Hulk if they let me. Now I only had 3-D conformal to areas that bothered me pain wise and only after being confirmed by CT or MRI. So Carol your still left with the choice or I should say your husband radiation sooner or later. I can only state that it has done me good so far. Plus remember CT Scans every three months exposes you to very low dose of radiation as well. In fact I just read an article about Heatlh officials thinking doctors my be doing to many CT Scans and creating a risk. Sorry, I can’t be of any more help than this ,but I would rather kill off any cc buggers wandering around if done conservatively. I’m glad to hear Charlie is recovering well. It takes a while. Bluntness seems to be my profession lately, sorry.
God Bless You Guys!
Jeff G.

Wendy… Daddy’s will always be there for their little girls, either in body or in spirit. I’m so glad you got your wish of him walking you down the aisle. Your heart will carry his memories for eternity.
God Bless,
Jeff G.

Patrice, Like you said, we all believe in something. whether it’s energy, a higher power, or the lord above the heart of someone caring for another is a tremendous power of loving, giving and sharing. You and Dave will certainly remain in my thoughts and prayers, wishing the most positive good energy to flow your way. I have many beliefs and one of them is without a doubt positive thought. Patrice , you and Dave are in my prayers, thoughts, and other beliefs in the most positive way possible.
God Bless,
Jeff G.