Saturday, October 06, 2007
Long time no blog - AKA great news!
Current mood: ecstatic
Category: Life
So I don't know the last time I blogged... but here goes. I told you in my status I would write about the good news, and now it is coming.
As of tomorrow the 7th, I will have been on chemo for three months (minus a week where I had a break, which was nice) but I did start on 7/7/07. Nice, huh. Well, the good news (aside from me handling the last two treatments (3 & 4) very well) is I had a PET scan on the 27th of September. I last had a PET scan on July 28th, and my mom took the new scan home and compared it with the old one. Anyway, she called me, and was crying, saying she was looking at my scan... thanks, mom. My dad took the phone, told me it was good news, and my mom was just being emotional.
Basically, in the first scan, my liver was filled with tumors, forcing it all the way across my abdomen. The new scan showed my liver at about 3/4 of the way across my abdomen, which is normal. So they're shrinkin. :D ALSO, in the first scan, they were lighting up a lot, meaning they were metabolically more active than a sugar-loaded 6 year-old. Second scan: they look as active as an octogenarian couch potato. So that's hot. Praise the Lord, faithful like none other.
I didn't want to write until now, because yesterday was when I found out what is happening next. I got chemo again (round 5) and in three weeks, I will have round 6. After that, I will have a CT scan (which better shows size, as PET shows activity better) to check out the size of those little buggers, and see what to do from there. And with the fantastic combination of me tolerating the chemo well plus the chemo kicking those tumors bununus (buttockses in Hume Lake-ish), I think those tumors could be gone soon.
Thanks to all who have prayed at least once, thanks to all those who prayed daily, thanks to God the Almighty of the universe! I'll admit it's a lot easier to say that when things are going well. But it is more powerful to say it when things are poopy. You know? 'I feel like crap, but praise God anyway, because, quite frankly, He's God.' Wow.
Another thing I remembered in a pondering moment... I remember being frustrated (kinda) that I didn't have a cool testimony. Nothing like, 'I was on the streets addicted to crack' or 'I turned to God when I was about to kill myself'. More like, 'I was born on a Tuesday and in church on Sunday'. Woohoo. But now, God has decided to let me have a testimony more interesting than I've had before. I had a strange form of a rare cancer, random crap happened to my body all the time, and yet, the peace of Christ saturated my soul through it all. He was there through it all, as He had been when I was a healthy, boring-testimonied person. How bout that, huh? God is awesome. Amen.
3 comments:
Praise God Dan! I know we don't know each other, but I've been praying for you and reading the blog off and on. I go to Redeemer Church and work in the Registrar's Office at Biola. I know a lot of people here in our office have been praying too. It's awesome to see you play the drums and really serve. Thanks for being a blessing. Hopefully we can meet sometime at church! Blessings!
I havn't been on your site in a while, and decided to check on Dan's progress, I am sooo excited to hear the AWESOME news!!! God is faithful, and worthy to be praised!!! Jamie, you are a gifted writer, and I want to thank you for reminding me to focus on the important things in life. God is using you, and your family, your deep love for the Lord is evident. I rejoice with all of you for the good news. I will continue to pray for you all.
wow, Dan! thanks for sharing - it was so good to hear your "voice" and know how you are doing.
Will keep up the prayers! God is so with us!
Mrs. c
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