Health Update for Mid-August

So many of you have been kind to write, call, or ask about how I am doing with the treatment for the Liver and the Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. August has brought very positive news. My liver numbers (ALT’s) have recently returned to normal (for the first time in over 8 months). The doctors continue to wean me off of the medicine at a very slow rate. My hope is to be off of the medicine by the end of the year.

The really good news is that the medicine used to treat my liver is having a profound effect on the tumors. On Monday, my Oncologist couldn’t find any visible signs of the three tumors that we have been waiting to treat with the Chemotherapy. I will have a PET Scan on August 21st to see if there is any cancer present. If the PET scan comes back with a “no cancer”, we will obviously not have to go through any further cancer treatment at this point.

So, please pray that my PET scan will come back no signs of any cancer. Also, please pray that God will allow me to come off of the liver meds as soon as possible as well. My doctors are very cautious that the tumors may come back as soon as I stop taking the medicine. We’ll worry about that when and if it happens.

God has been so very gracious. I am learning how to “wait” with Him and believe. It is very true that His ways are not my ways. For that I am very grateful. Only He could take something like a liver disease and use it’s treatment to diminish cancer. The very worst things in our lives have the potential to be tools in His hands to gain more ground in making His Glory known thru our lives.