GREAT DAY 6/24/09

I had a CT scan on 6/22/09 and visited my oncologist today.
The mass in the esophagus is 'significantly' smaller and the 2 lymph nodes in the collar bone are;
1. gone
and
2. much smaller.
The doctor canceled my chemo today and rescheduled for next week and she is allowing me to have my 24/7 pump disconnected for a week.

This may not sound significant BUT I can shower again once I am disconnected Thursday afternoon!!!

Danny is Out of the Hospital

Danny was discharged, but he does have an aggressive schedule and will be traveling to HMC Cancer Clinic (HMC CC) quite often. He has a long and sometimes strenuous trek ahead of him so PLEASE don't stop the PRAYERS.

Danny 6/17/09

Well Danny is in Hershey. He had a spinal tap which returned good results. He started chemo on Tuesday evening. His regimen is pretty severe, so we are not clear on his duration in Hershey.

Keep the prayers coming.

Danny is heading back to Hershey 6/15/09

Danny got the phone call around 10Am to report back to the Cancer Clinic. We don't know the exact duration of his stay, but attached is his Clinical Trial Regimen.

More on Danny

Danny's diagnosis is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

HMC sent him home on Wednesday afternoon after he received his 8th unit of blood. His numbers were good and they had nothing else scheduled until Sunday. He is required to visit the facility for blood work on Thursday (good numbers), Friday and Saturday. He will be readmitted on Sunday when they have a Spinal Tap scheduled. His Chemotherapy will start either Sunday or Monday at this point. We don't know the regimen he is scheduled for or how long he will be in Hershey. Will keep everyone informed.

Love to all from ALL of us.

Setback on 6/8/09

We had quite an emotional and mental setback on June 8th.
Our youngest son Danny (28) was diagnosed with leukemia.
The exact type and the treatment is waiting on the results from the bone marrow biopsy that was done today (6/9/09).

I will inform all here what we learn tomorrow.

PLEASE redirect ALL of your thoughts and PRAYERS to Danny.

Love to ALL

Hershey Cancer Clinic 6/3/09

We went for blood work, oncologist visit and chemo today. Place was packed due to the oncologists being away for a Cancer Meeting to learn and share new concepts in treatment. We were still home when we expected to be, so no big deal.

Everything went fine. Dr Jiang, my oncologist, was really happy to hear that I was eating and only lost 2 pounds since we last saw her.

She scheduled a CT Scan for June 22nd so that she can SEE the progress being made with Prayers and chemo when we see her again on June 24th.

My next step is on June 9th when I go there to learn about patient rights and to basically draft a legally binding Living Will.


Seems like everything is ahead of if not on schedule.
THANKS for the Thoughts and Prayers.
Dan

6/1/09 New Development

Starting yesterday one of the 'setbacks' of chemotherapy started to set in - hair loss.
I was shedding constantly, so I went to the barber shop. See below.

Thanks for ALL of the Thoughts and Prayers
Peace & Love

Dan