Apr 26
Starting Temodar Chemo Tonight
Chemotherapy 3 Comments »A quick update – heading downtown shortly for my first avastin infusion in about 6 weeks. We waited until we finished the 6 weeks of vaccine injections. Tonight I will start on temodar for 21 days straight then a 7 day break. Then I’ll go back on for 21 days and so on.
Please pray that this treatment slows growth and that it doesn’t impact my immune system too much. You might recall that I did 8 rounds in 2007 and finally came off because my WBC was too low and wouldn’t recover. Strength in numbers. I sincerely appreciate it!
A dear friend gave this to Rachael and I. I wanted to share it with everyone. A great reminder!
Are you passing through a testing.
Is your pillow wet with tears?
Do you wonder what the reason,
Why it seems God never hears?
Why it is you have no answer
To your oft-repeated plea,
Why the heaven still is leaden
As you wait on bended knee?
Do you wonder as you suffer,
Whether God does understand,
And if so, why He ignores you,
Fails to hold you in His Hand?
Do black doubts creep in, assail you,
Fears without, and fears within,
Till your brave heart almost falters
And gives way to deadly sin?
All God’s testings have a purpose-
Someday you will see the light.
All He asks is that you trust Him,
Walk by faith and not by sight.
Do not fear when doubts beset you,
Just remember-He is near;
He will never, never leave you,
He will always, always hear.
Faithful is He who has promised,
He will never let you fall,
Daily will the strength be given
Strength for each and strength for all.
He will gladly share pain with you,
He will gladly give you peace.
Till your tired and weary body
Finds its blessed, glad release.
When the darkened veil is lifted,
Then, dear heart, you’ll understand
Why it is you had to suffer,
Why you could not feel His hand
Giving strength when it was needed,
Giving power and peace within
Giving joy thru tears and trial,
Giving victory over sin.
So till then just keep on trusting,
Thru the sunshine and the rain,
Thru the tears and thru the heartaches,
Thru the smiles and thru the pain
Knowing that our Father watches,
Knowing daily strength He’ll give,
Victory for each passing hour,
This is life, so let us live!
- John E. Zoller
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The Sacramento Bee article came out today and I was surprised to see it was on the front page – “Cancer vaccine offers hope to family”. The writer asked me my perspective on what I hoped that this article would achieve and I said a) exposure in the form of hope for brain tumor patients, that they would see that other emerging treatments were becoming available all the time that were showing promising results and b) communicating to brain tumor patients, family members and others touched by this disease that they aren’t alone. There are others going through this. Finally, I wanted the Sutter Neuroscience Institute and my medical team to receive as much recognition as possible because they have stood by me and fought every step of the way.
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