Napa Wine Country
My Story March 2nd, 2010
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My brother Shawn came into town and has been here over the past 5 days. It was so good to see him. As planned, now that I’m off work, I’m trying to spend a lot more time with family and friends. I was really sad to see him go but we will be having more visits. I wish we lived closer.
Here are a few great pics of Napa.
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Medical
I have an MRI this Thursday. I’ll begin to see some Gamma Knife results (albeit difficult to see because of swelling) and we’ll be checking on the first tumor resection site and anything new of course. I’m continuing to have a CBC done each week at the lab just to make sure my counts are good.
I’m also talking with my neuro-oncologist about starting up the vaccine in about 2 weeks. I have 3 doses left (a dose consists of one injection into each arm) and we’ll use them in a booster fashion – every 2 weeks. Pulling out the stops on the rest of the DCVax. Avastin and VP-16 are the other two players in the plan along with valcyte. Yeah! How’s that for a brain tumor cocktail….post-gamma knife! The positive is I’m more used to VP-16 so side effects are spread apart. We’ll settle on everything after the MRI.
I’ll post info about my MRI later this week.
I’m feeling at peace with things. Getting away helps but a lot of prayer lately has helped tremendously. I was meditating on Proverbs 23:7 today. ”For as he thinks in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7, NK). I sometimes read the devotionals on Joel O’Steen’s site and this piece asked the question, “do you ever stop to think about what you’re thinking about?” The Bible tells us that what happens on the inside of us - our thoughts, attitudes, and motives are more important than what happens on the outside in our actions. Jeremiah 29 tells us that His thoughts are for our good. His thoughts are for our peace. His thoughts are for our victory!
The entire goal of course is to align our thoughts with His thoughts by meditating on His word.
Cheers,
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Hi Mark, I check in every so often to see how things are going. I’m glad you had a nice visit with your brother. I am sure you felt the time was too short! That’s good, Mark, that you are reading and meditating on God’s word. It will give you peace and strength. We have had an answer to prayer: My husband continues to tolerate his new Chemo well… no side effects. He feels so good he is volunteering with the youth group at our church and in the community. Thanks be to God!
I’ve been following your journey for awhile now. God is so good and so faithful. I took time off of treatment for the past couple of months to re-focus my attention for trust and healing through God, not necessarily through my treatment. I love seeing how God shines through you in these posts. It’s such a hard journey, but there are so many blessings along the way and you display those beautifully. You’re in my prayers everyday.